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Subject: Re: Formatting FreeBSD Floppies.
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Formatting doesn't create the filesystem
it just does a low-level format.
you then need to do
disklabel -r /dev/rfd0 floppy3
newfs /dev/rfd0a
THEN you can start writing stuff to the floppy.
however that's still a long way from a bootable floppy..

Chris Coleman wrote:
> 
> I am wanting to format a floppy as a FreeBSD partition and make it
> bootable.  I have looked into 'fdformat' but the floppies that I have
> formatted, I cant seem to mount them.  It still thinks they are DOS disks
> I think.  At least it says that they have DOS boot blocks.
> 
> It keeps giving me Incorrect super blocks.  This is using 2.2.5-RELEASE
> (or near there)
> 
> So how do I make a bootable FreeBSD Floppy disk?  Do I have to create a
> floppy image and use 'dd'?  I hope not.
> 
> Christopher J. Coleman (whyareyou@lookingforme.com)
> Computer Support Analyst I  (509)-762-6341
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