Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:58:38 -0700 From: "Aaron Namba" <aaron@namba1.com> To: "Cynic" <cynic@mail.cz>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: how do i format a floppy? Message-ID: <NEBBKJCBCMINPHLGKLHDOEKCHCAA.aaron@namba1.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010614225554.0205f5b0@mail.cz>
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I want to use ufs, does that work for floppies? I thought so but I could be wrong. newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 works, but newfs -f 1440 fd0 complains about needing a disklabel. -----Original Message----- From: Cynic [mailto:cynic@mail.cz] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:59 PM To: Aaron Namba; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do i format a floppy? hi there, what filesystem do you want on the floppy? I use this to create FAT floppies: fdformat -yf 1440 fd0 newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 At 22:44 14.6. 2001, Aaron Namba wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Here's a simple one: > >I formatted a floppy using: >> fdformat /dev/fd0.1440 > >Now I want to mount it, but that didn't work so I figure I need to create a >file system on it first using newfs. However, newfs complains that I need to >use disklabel. That I am not sure how to do. Please advise. > > - - - - - - - - - - >Aaron Namba (aaron@namba1.com) > >"Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, >experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do." >--Bruce Crampton > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------end of quote------ cynic@mail.cz ------------- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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