Re: fdformat missing
On 08-Apr-99 MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/8/99 2:51:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
> pollywog@shadypond.com writes:
>
>> >> What do you mean Linux floppies? You should always use msdos format for
>> >> floppies on Linux.
>> >
>> > No, floppies for Linux should be formatted with a Linux filesystem.
>> >
>> > -Egon
>>
>> oh my. Looks like I have stirred up the water ;)
>>
>
> I would think the real answer depends on your use of the floppies. If
> you're
> going to use them only for Linux - no reason to get the DOS tools involved,
exactly :)
Some have suggested I use mke2fs, but if I do that, don't I need to use
superformat first?
Too bad KDE 1.1 no longer has kfloppy; that was a cool tool.
--
Andrew
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