Re: Problems trying to build 2.88 meg image.

[Martin Schulze <joey@tapiola.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Dale Scheetz wrote:
> I have been trying to build a 2.88 meg floppy image, using the loop device
> to mount the requisite file. The problem is that when I try to format the
> device mkdosfs tells me it can't because it is "unable to get drive
> geometry for '/dev/loop1'".
> 
> Looking at mtools wasn't much more help. mformat references xdfcopy as the
> "low level format tool" but basicly all of these tools want to see a
> "real" floppy device.

> Is there any way to create an MSDOS file system on a loop device mounted
> file image?

mkdosfs should do the job.  I'm not sure but I believe you can direct some
parameters about the size to it.

Regards,

	Joey

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