Re: Newbie question floppy format

1999-11-24 Thread Armin Wegner
On Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 06:47:16PM +, julie wright wrote: > Hi all. Very basic question - how do I format a floppy using Debian Slink? > Tried fdformat -n /dev/fd0H1440 which I found in a basic linux book. Did not > work. Returned error - command not found. > Thanks for any help in advance. >

Re: Newbie question floppy format

1999-11-24 Thread Oki DZ
julie wright wrote: > > Hi all. Very basic question - how do I format a floppy using Debian Slink? > Tried fdformat -n /dev/fd0H1440 which I found in a basic linux book. Did not > work. fdformat /dev/fd0u1440 I don't know why it should be "u", usually it is "h". >Returned error - command not

Re: Newbie question floppy format

1999-11-23 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hi all. Very basic question - how do I format a floppy using Debian Slink? > Tried fdformat -n /dev/fd0H1440 which I found in a basic linux book. Did not > work. Returned error - command not found. > Thanks for any help in advance. superformat from the fdutils package. Look at the info page fo

Re: Newbie question floppy format

1999-11-22 Thread Martin Fluch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, julie wright wrote: > Hi all. Very basic question - how do I format a floppy using Debian Slink? > Tried fdformat -n /dev/fd0H1440 which I found in a basic linux book. Did not > work. Returned error - command not found. > Thanks for any he

Re: Newbie question floppy format

1999-11-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, julie wright wrote: : Hi all. Very basic question - how do I format a floppy using Debian Slink? : Tried fdformat -n /dev/fd0H1440 which I found in a basic linux book. Did not : work. Returned error - command not found. Try `superformat' instead. If that doesn't work yo