From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 18:33:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E06F516A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:33:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail2.numachi.com (mail2.numachi.com [198.175.254.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E647443D2D for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:33:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 62230 invoked from network); 14 Oct 2004 18:33:31 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by mail2.numachi.com with SMTP; 14 Oct 2004 18:33:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 12179 invoked by uid 1001); 14 Oct 2004 18:33:31 -0000 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:33:31 -0400 From: Brian Reichert To: Brian Reichert , Maxim Sobolev , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041014183331.GM278@numachi.com> References: <20041006092156.GA690@empiric.icir.org> <20041006112834.GC1794@empiric.icir.org> <20041006120031.GD1794@empiric.icir.org> <416E9271.6050700@portaone.com> <20041014152137.GL278@numachi.com> <20041014180935.GA665@empiric.icir.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041014180935.GA665@empiric.icir.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: Formatting a USB floppy in FreeBSD [SOLVED] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:33:34 -0000 On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 11:09:35AM -0700, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 11:21:37AM -0400, Brian Reichert wrote: > > I generally avoid the problem by maintaining, on my hard drive, an > > image of a formatted floppy, and using 'dd' to write it to whatever > > destination.... > > 'dd' does not perform low level format of USB floppy devices, so > you are talking about a completely different problem. D'oh! You're right; I apologize. I haven't done a low-level format of anything in years; I'm suprised it's still common practice. Sorry about jumping on a thread late, w/o catching up first... > BMS -- Brian Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large