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Re: Newbie question floppy format



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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, julie wright wrote:

> Hi all. Very basic question - how do I format a floppy using Debian Slink? 
> Tried fdformat -n /dev/fd0H1440 which I found in a basic linux book. Did not 
> work. Returned error - command not found.
> Thanks for any help in advance.
> JRW

It's superformat, usually called

superformat /dev/fd0 hd

(for a 1440k floppy in drive 0)

(see: info fdutils)

Martin

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