Re: Results with 2.2.15-2000-06-10
Ben Collins wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 03:42:22PM +0100, Peter Haworth wrote:
> > 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.
Unfortunately, I have some disks formatted for TOS, which Linux doesn't like,
even though they are supposed to be the same as DOS. Surely mke2fs isn't going
to format for DOS, is it?
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and he'll never go fishing again..."
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