Re: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos
> My problem is I want to get the FAT formatting onto a file (disk image
>may be a better word) that is 20Mb large so I can mount it under DOSEMU. Why
>do it that way, you ask? Simple, I don't have any room on my current HDs to
>make a real DOS partition and by doing it this way I can delete it later on
>down the road. The problem is, mkfs.msdos (or mkfs -t fat) cannot find the
>geometry of the drive (file) even when it is hooked up through a loopback
>device.
If you can't tell mkfs.msdos the disk geometry of the disk (actually
disk image), then I would file this as a bug (or wish list item)
against the package which contains mkfs.msdos
(Does the FAT filesystem even depend on the disk geometry? I didn't
think it did, but I could be mistaken...)
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