Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 18:19:15 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: gcrutcher@datatrek.com (Gary Crutcher) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Disk Formatting Message-ID: <199509261719.SAA09512@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <26091995065048410.II41@datatrek.com> from "Gary Crutcher" at Sep 26, 95 06:48:48 am
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> > Hi, > > Does anyone know how to get the full 1.44 MB use out of a floppy > diskette. I ran: fdformat, disklabel, & newfs and did not get very much > disk space available on the diskette. Is there something I should have > done? Do you need a FS on that floppy? Would taring to the raw devices (character device) be sufficient? I believe the default parameters to newfs'ing a floppy aren't that efficient. Try newfs -b 4096 -c 80 -f 512 -i 8192 -m 0 -o space fd0 fd1440 > > Thanks, > > Gary > --------------------------------------------------- > Gary Crutcher voice: 619-431-8400 x140 > Mgr. New Technology fax: 619-431-8448 > Data Trek, Inc. email: gcrutcher@datatrek.com > 5838 Edison Place > Carlsbad, CA. 92008 > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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