Re: Formatting Floppy

2004-01-23 Thread knoppix
use kfloppy to format s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Barry Skidmore: >> I have formatted a floppy disk with the following command: >> >> # fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 >> >> However, I am unable to mount it with the following command: >> >> # mount -f auto /dev/fd0 /mnt > > "-f" (according to t

Re: Formatting Floppy

2004-01-23 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Barry Skidmore (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have formatted a floppy disk with the following command: > > # fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 > > However, I am unable to mount it with the following command: > > # mount -f auto /dev/fd0 /mnt > > I receive an error message that it is not an msdos

Re: Formatting Floppy

2004-01-23 Thread Barry Skidmore
The command "mkfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0" worked fine. I will also try your suggestion of including the "-m 1" option, although I have not done so yet. Thanks for the help. Barry > Try "mkfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0h1440". You might also wish the "-m 1" to > minimize the amount of space lost to the lost+fou

Re: Formatting Floppy

2004-01-23 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Barry Skidmore: > I have formatted a floppy disk with the following command: > > # fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 > > However, I am unable to mount it with the following command: > > # mount -f auto /dev/fd0 /mnt "-f" (according to the man page) "fakes" the operation; ie., it does everyth

Re: Formatting Floppy

2004-01-23 Thread Ryan Mackay
Sometime near Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 02:13:51PM -0500, Barry Skidmore wrote: > I have formatted a floppy disk with the following command: > > # fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 > > However, I am unable to mount it with the following command: > > # mount -f auto /dev/fd0 /mnt > > I receive an error message