Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:11:31PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: >> Hi Aaron, >> >> Sorry I left out the command in my previous posting. >> >> $ fdformat /dev/fd0 > > try (as root, generally): > > fdformat /dev/fd0<dev> > > where <dev> indicates the capacity of device you want. E.g for a 1.44 > MB floppy, /dev/fd0u1440 > > The rationale is that your generic device may be set to some > different, higher capacity, hence geometry. In that case, of course > the verification will fail. > > And remember that after you format the floppy, you must then lay down > a file system. > > mkX /dev/fd0u1440 > > where X is the file system you want, e2fs, dosfs, etc. > > With udev, the extra devices for specific floppy formats are not created any more. A couple of things you can do. For formatting, superformat works well. You can also use setfdprm to set the drive for a specific format. You will have to check to see if they are installed - I have FC5 on a laptop without a floppy drive, so I do not have the tools installed. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
