Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 17:09:38 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org, luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it Subject: Re: misc/804: fdformat - patch to add DOS-filsystem Message-ID: <199511010609.RAA17920@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> > I added an option (-D) to write a dos-filesystem to the floppies. > > The changes are based on msdosfs and mformat (mtools). > > hmmm... > > I don't like very much the idea of duplicating code (and possibly > have to mantain multiple copies). Why don't you just make fdformat > invoke mformat with the appropriate (possibly configurable) arguments fdformat has nothing to do with soft formatting. It doesn't duplicate newfs or exec newfs and it shouldn't duplicate mformat or exec mformat. OTOH, supported file systems should be supported by standard utilities (not mtools). I usually soft-format DOS floppies using `zcat fs1440.gz >/dev/rfd0' where fs1440.gz is a a compressed copy of the first 18k of a previously freshly formatted 1440K floppy. Bruce
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