Re: fdformat

[Nathan E Norman <finn@midco.net>]

On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Catalin Popescu wrote:

: Hi to everyone,
: 
: Just a small and stupid question. How can I format floppies under Debian?
: I've tried fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 (which used to work with Slackware) but
: it doesn't work with Debian. What am I missing?
: 
: Thanks,
: 
: Catalin Popescu

I use superformat, which can be found in package fdutils.  I think
superformat first appeared when 1.3 came out, but don't quote me on
that.

When you install the package it'll ask permission to create "new" floppy
devices; let it do that and you're ready to go.

HTH,

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