Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:56:23 +0800 From: Stephen Liu <satimis@icare.com.hk> To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com>, Prodigy <prodigy@punktas.lt> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Format floppy problem Message-ID: <200403172256.24082.satimis@icare.com.hk> In-Reply-To: <1079484528.5194.9.camel@chaucer> References: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk> <004501c40b75$501d8e90$1e00a8c0@prodigy> <1079484528.5194.9.camel@chaucer>
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- snip - > > > $ 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 > > > > > > I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix > > > this problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. > > > - snip - > If you want to format a floppy with the FAT format for use in a Windows > system, try: > > #!/bin/sh > # Format a DOS floppy TMJ 1999-05-15 > fdformat -f 1440 fd0 > newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 > > You can then mount it as > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt > > The other method is to format it with the UFS filesystem, by: > > #!/bin/sh > # Floppy formats: > # > # To make a filesystem on a floppy: > # fdformat [-f <size>] fd<drive>[.<size>] > # disklabel -B -r -w fd<drive>[.<size>] fd<size> > # newfs <opts> fd<drive>[.<size>] > fdformat -q fd0.1440 > disklabel -B -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 > newfs -c 1 fd0.1440 > > These can be mounted by > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt > but cannot be used on a Windows system. Hi Mike, Prodigy and other folks Thanks for your advice. Problem is now solved. B.R. Stephen
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