Re: Results with 2.2.15-2000-06-10
On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 03:42:22PM +0100, Peter Haworth wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote:
> > Unfortunately, superformat is known to not work on sparc. I think I saw
> > CVS messages for the upcoming 2.4 kernel that fixes this, but for now it
> > wont work. superformat shouldn't even be on the rescue disk, so if it is,
> > let me know.
>
> So how should we format disks on Sparc linux? Admittedly, there are plenty of
> PCs in my office, but I don't like to get up out of my chair :-)
Most disks are already formatted aren't they? :) If you have a disk
already formatted for DOS or some other Operating System, then you don't
need to format. All you need to do is "mke2fs /dev/fd0", or skip
formatting altogether in the case of making a boot-floppy with the
installer.
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