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From: Bryan Ogawa at Work <bogawa@netvoyage.net>
To: "k.k phang" <phang@cpm.com.my>
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Subject: Re: newfs on a floppy disk
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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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