Re: Formatting Floppy

[Ryan Mackay <rinmak@technine.org>]

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 that it is not an msdos disk.  However, if
> I try to mount it with this command, I receive the same error:
> 
> # mount -f msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
> 
> The only thing that works is if I format the floppy on a windows machine
> and then mount it with the above command, i.e. :
> 
> # mount -f msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
> 
> 
> My question is what file system do I designate when I format the floppy 
> under debian with the fdformat command (i.e., fdformat /dev/fd0h1440)?
> I want the floppy to be formatted with a linux file system, and not
> msdos.
> 
Try

$ mke2fs /dev/fd0

For a bare basic Ext2 floppy.

As for the mounting, do you mean -t (as for -type)?
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Cheers,
rinmak <rinmak@technine.org>