On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 13:43 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Thursday 12 April 2007 01:17, Rick Stevens wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 15:10 -0800, Fred Erickson wrote: > > > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 19:29 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 10 April 2007 23:06, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > > > Rick Stevens wrote: > > > > > > For an MS-DOS floppy, > > > > > > > > > > > > #fdformat /dev/fd0H1440;mformat a: > > > > > > > > > > I don't think that udev creates anything but the /dev/fd0 for the > > > > > first floppy with the default settings... > > > > > > > > > > Mikkel > > > > > > > > Ok. Udev doesn't come into my equation, as I'm doing this on FC2. > > > > > > > > I've now got a floppy formatted with a low level format using the > > > > following. > > > > > > > > [root@localhost djmons]# fdformat -n /dev/fd0H1440 > > > > Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB. > > > > Formatting ... done > > > > > Anyone can help with the correct syntax for using mformat to add a > > > > filesystem to this low level formatted floppy. > > > > > > > > Very frustrating. > > > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > > > Would one of the mkfs variants work for this? > > > > You could try > > > > mkfs -t msdos /dev/fd0 > > mkdosfs /dev/fd0 > > Sorry that this problem is dragging on. I tried mkfs, and mkdosfs, but got > errors again, as with mformat. See below. > > root@localhost djmons]# /sbin/mkdosfs -v /dev/fd0 > mkdosfs 2.8 (28 Feb 2001) > /dev/fd0 has 2 heads and 18 sectors per track, > logical sector size is 512, > using 0xf0 media descriptor, with 0 sectors; > file system has 2 16-bit FATs and 2 sectors per cluster. > FAT size is -32639 sectors, and provides 32631 clusters. > Root directory contains 224 slots. > Volume ID is 461e15e1, no volume label. > mkdosfs: unable to allocate space for FAT image in memory > [root@localhost djmons]# > > Get the same "unable to allocate space for FAT image in memory" using mkfs, > and also logwatch gave be a bunch of kernel errors when trying mformat > yesterday, as below. > > --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ > > WARNING: Kernel Errors Present > Buffer I/O error on device fd0, l...: 14 Time(s) > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector...: 15 Time(s) > floppy0: data CRC error: track 0, head 0...: 18 Time(s) > floppy0: data CRC error: track 1, head 0...: 6 Time(s) > floppy0: data CRC error: track 2, head 0...: 6 Time(s) > > ---------------------- Kernel End ------------------------- > > I don't believe there is any problem with mkfs, mkdosfs, or mformat, but > something is stopping them creating a file system on this low level formatted > floppy. > > Any further ideas folks. > > Nigel. > > btw. I looked at the other machine, that I thought I could put the firewall > on, and that won't boot from cdrom either. > I know I am late on this thread, and I didn't read all of it, but I am curious. Did you try setting the fdparm first then using fdformat? I don't have a floppy in this machine, so I cannot comment on the applicability of it. You might also verify what format you disk is designed to accept. Some will not do quad density. Regards, Les H
