Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:58:38 -0700 From: "Aaron Namba" <aaron@namba1.com> To: "Cynic" <cynic@mail.cz>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: how do i format a floppy? Message-ID: <NEBBKJCBCMINPHLGKLHDOEKCHCAA.aaron@namba1.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010614225554.0205f5b0@mail.cz>
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I want to use ufs, does that work for floppies? I thought so but I could be
wrong.
newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 works, but newfs -f 1440 fd0 complains about needing
a disklabel.
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From: Cynic [mailto:cynic@mail.cz]
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:59 PM
To: Aaron Namba; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: how do i format a floppy?
hi there,
what filesystem do you want on the floppy? I use this to
create FAT floppies:
fdformat -yf 1440 fd0
newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0
At 22:44 14.6. 2001, Aaron Namba wrote the following:
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>Here's a simple one:
>
>I formatted a floppy using:
>> fdformat /dev/fd0.1440
>
>Now I want to mount it, but that didn't work so I figure I need to create a
>file system on it first using newfs. However, newfs complains that I need
to
>use disklabel. That I am not sure how to do. Please advise.
>
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>
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