Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:41:28 SGT From: "k.k phang" <phang@cpm.com.my> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Robin Lunn <robin@is.co.za> Subject: Re: newfs on a floppy disk Message-ID: <XFMail.960320165132.phang@cpm.com.my> In-Reply-To: <199603200705.JAA23184@admin.is.co.za>
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On 20-Mar-96 Robin Lunn wrote:
>>k.k phang wrote:
>
>>From /etc/disktab:
>
># 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>]
>
>Don't use rfd* for the newfs.
cluck: {199} fdformat -n /dev/fd1a
Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd1a'? (y/n): y
Processing FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF done.
cluck: {200} disklabel -r -w fd1 floppy3
cluck: {201} newfs fd1
Warning: Block size and bytes per inode restrict cylinders per group to 5.
Warning: 1216 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated
/dev/rfd1: 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,
cluck: {202}
:( no luck as well .... \/
--
K.K Phang, Software Engineer Computer Protocol
phang@cpm.com.my
http://www.cpm.com.my
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