On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 22:04 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > I can use dd to put data on a new formatted floppy, but how do I reuse an old > floppy. I tried it on linux using dd, but got input/output errors, and even > tried it on that other OS, but that couln't complete the format. I even tried > reformatting an XP boot floppy on XP, and it couldn't complete the format. > > I'm a bit lost at the moment. I'd buy some new ones, but my supplier hasn't > any available. > > I know floppies are legacy, but I have an old machine with my smoothwall > firewall on it, and it can't boot from cdrom, so I need to remake the 2 > floppies that start off the install. For an MS-DOS floppy, #fdformat /dev/fd0H1440;mformat a: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Treat each day as if it's your last...a lot of crying and whining - - usually gets you what you want! -- Sam Sledge - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
