On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 05:52:58AM -0400, Neal Wilkinson wrote: > How do I make a dos floppy in Fedora? I've looked around and all I can > find is "mkfs.msdos" which is referenced on some web sites and I have > the command in /sbin/ however, it won't run, says command not found. > > -- These teo commands run sequensially (in a script) are the best way to format a dos disk: fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 mformat -t 80 -h 2 -s 18 a:/ If you look at man fdformat you can see that several different formats are available but the commands above give the standard format with verification. -- ======================================================================= Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
