Re: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

1998-08-19 Thread Brian May
>My problem is I want to get the FAT formatting onto a file (disk image >may be a better word) that is 20Mb large so I can mount it under DOSEMU. Why >do it that way, you ask? Simple, I don't have any room on my current HDs to >make a real DOS partition and by doing it this way I can delete i

RE: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

1998-08-17 Thread Steve Lamb
On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:39:25 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: >But, let me make a few comments, which may help answer the question >anyway. Or, at the very least, explain a few things to people who didn't know that before. >Anything with "mkfs" as part of its name generally refers to a tool >used t

RE: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

1998-08-17 Thread Bob McGowan
> -Original Message- > From: Steve Lamb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 1998 1:05 PM > To: Debian-user > Cc: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos > > > Does anyone have a clue a

Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

1998-08-16 Thread Steve Lamb
Does anyone have a clue as how to format a file with mkfs.msdos? -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus| employer's. They hired me for my ICQ: 5107343 | skills and labor, not my opin