Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:18:29 -0700 From: Jason Taylor <jason@infinitebubble.com> To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <canonalis@dccnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Formating a 1680k floppy Message-ID: <4250EA45.6060803@infinitebubble.com> In-Reply-To: <42506B78.6050309@dccnet.com> References: <42505AB3.6090602@infinitebubble.com> <42506B78.6050309@dccnet.com>
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Kevin G. Eliuk wrote: > Jason Taylor wrote: > >> How do I format a 1680k floppy? I tried: >> >> %fdformat -s 21,,,,80 /dev/fd0 >> >> That just produces a line of errors. That is EEEE... instead of >> VVVV.... I'm able to format the same floppy in Windows using WinImage. > > > Are you sure you don't mean 1720k? Look at "/etc/disktab" for stressing > a floppy. > I'm sure. I get the same results trying to create a 1720k. %fdformat -f 1680 /dev/fd0 fdformat: unknown format 1680 KB for drive type 1.44M %fdformat -f 1720 /dev/fd0 fdformat: unknown format 1720 KB for drive type 1.44M %fdformat -s 21,,,,80 /dev/fd0 Format 1680K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y Processing E^C-------------------------------------- %fdformat -s 21,,,,82 /dev/fd0 Format 1722K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y Processing E^C-------------------------------------- %
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