From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 16 08:54:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5528C16A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:54:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA41943D2F for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:54:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B515F40822; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:53:44 +0100 (CET) From: Cordula's Web To: satimis@icare.com.hk In-reply-to: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk> (message from Stephen Liu on Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:21:34 +0800) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE References: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk> Message-Id: <20040316165344.B515F40822@fw.farid-hajji.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:53:44 +0100 (CET) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Format floppy problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:54:21 -0000 > Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, etc. > > But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with > > $ fdformat /dev/fd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. > > they could not be mounted > > $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument Did you forget to write a filesystem on the floppy, e.g. with newfs_msdos(8)? fdformat is only for low-level formatting... > I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this > problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/