Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:07:08 -0800 (PST) From: Bryan Ogawa at Work <bogawa@netvoyage.net> To: "k.k phang" <phang@cpm.com.my> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs on a floppy disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960320090425.23831C-100000@digital.netvoyage.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.960320123034.phang@cpm.com.my>
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On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, k.k phang wrote:
> Can someone out there tell me how to construct a new file system on a
> floppy disk?
>
> This was my attempt, no luck.
In fiddling with the COMCONSOLE stuff, I came across the info in
/etc/disktab on how to format floppy disks:
#
# Floppy formats:
#
# To make a filesystem on a floppy:
# fdformat [-f <size>] fd<drive>[.<size>]
# disklabel -r -w fd<drive>[.<size>] fd<size>
# newfs fd<drive>[.<size>]
#
>
> cluck: {10} disklabel -r -w /dev/rfd1a floppy3
> cluck: {11} newfs /dev/rfd1a
> Warning: Block size and bytes per inode restrict cylinders per group to 5.
> Warning: 1216 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated
> /dev/rfd1a: 2880 sectors in 1 cylinders of 1 tracks, 4096 sectors
> 1.4MB in 1 cyl groups (5 c/g, 10.00MB/g, 4448 i/g)
> super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
> 32,
You're trying to format a 3.5" 1.44M floppy in drive fd1, right?
try:
fdfloppy -f 1440 fd1.1440
disklabel -r -w fd1.1440 fd1440
newfs fd1.1440
Other than constant media errors on my fdfloppy (I think something's
wrong in my fd configuration or something).
bryan
> clusk: {12}
>
> --
> K.K Phang, Software Engineer Computer Protocol
> phang@cpm.com.my
> http://www.cpm.com.my
>
Bryan K. Ogawa
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