From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 15 11:42:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA08508 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 15 Jun 1996 11:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shaman.lycaeum.org (SHAMAN.LYCAEUM.ORG [206.54.74.27]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA08503 for ; Sat, 15 Jun 1996 11:42:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (edmond@localhost) by shaman.lycaeum.org (Partyon/dude!) with SMTP id MAA04103; Sat, 15 Jun 1996 12:44:16 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 12:44:15 -0600 (MDT) From: "Andrew N. Edmond" To: Brian Clapper cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Disk Formatting? In-Reply-To: <199606151332.JAA00584@current.willscreek.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > The `floppy' entry in /etc/disktab appears to be for a 720Mb floppy. Try > `fd1440' instead. Here's how I create a file system on a 1.44Mb floppy: > > fdformat fd0.1440 > disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 > newfs fd0.1440 I am still getting (using the commands above on a HD disk): shaman: {46} newfs fd0.1440 Warning: Block size and bytes per inode restrict cylinders per group to 5. Warning: 1216 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated /dev/rfd0.1440: 2880 sectors in 1 cylinders of 1 tracks, 4096 sectors 1.4MB in 1 cyl groups (5 c/g, 10.00MB/g, 4448 i/g) It must be that 1216 sectors warning message keeping it all back. What can I do to fix this? Andy ............................................................................. . Andrew Edmond . Children of a future age, . .. edmond@lycaeum.org ... Reading this indignant page, .. ... University of Wyoming ..... Know that in a former time, ... .... Botany Department ....... A path to God was thought a crime. .... ....................... the Lycaeum ......................................... -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzGauk0AAAEEANjORiZVrD98GS+vkJv+36CLC5Agifk8ra61i3i+Ms2115uK 9WoeUBA2J9QkjG+dM6tEOkPtrnZFkahFbOsDT0Rh46eBktdAp7IXY5M2zN4r1bWt x6w4b//ffkfRbrTinovxXYLJa5oASudlQbNkVpqAOAH1fdTO3xFsi69/gtsxAAUR tCJBbmRyZXcgRWRtb25kIDxlZG1vbmRAbHljYWV1bS5vcmc+tBBBbmRyZXcgTi4g RWRtb25k =l080 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----