On 08-Apr-99 George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I would think the real answer depends on your use of the floppies. If >> you're >> going to use them only for Linux - no reason to get the DOS tools involved, >> format them with a Linux filesystem. If you're going to use them on >> DOS/Win >> machines as well as your Linux box - then format them for DOS and set Linux >> up to mount them using DOS filesystems (via your fstab). > > The problems is that mke2fs does not do a low-level format of the disk. If > you are going to make the disks e2fs, do an msdos format first, then make > a linux filesystem on it. > > Also, e2fs is wasteful of disk space. You will have more available disk > space in an msdos floppy format. >
That is a good enough reason for me to change my habits. -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]
