Aldo Foot wrote:
Gents,
is the /etc/floppy file needed for /dev/fd0 to work?
The file /etc/floppy does not exist in a newly installed system, so I read
somewhere that in order to use the floppy you have to create the file with
the command
# floppy --createrc >/etc/floppy
But even after executing the command in FC7 I could not format the floppy
using /dev/fd0, I had to use
# fdformat /dev/fd0u1440.
Please note that the file /dev/fd0 did exist. Any comments appreciated.
~Aldo.
$ ls /etc/floppy
ls: /etc/floppy: No such file or directory
$ mount /dev/fd0
$ mount
[...]
/dev/fd0 on /mnt/floppy type msdos (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=jmccarty)
Note, however, that formatting a floppy and mounting it are
not the same thing. Also, I use FC2, not FC7, and things
may have changed somewhat. You do have to tell fdformat
what size to format...
$ man fdformat
[...]
The generic floppy devices, /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1, will fail to work
with fdformat when a non-standard format is being used, or if the for-
mat has not been autodetected earlier. In this case, use setfdprm(8)
to load the disk parameters.
[...]
Remember, man is your friend :-)
If you insert a blank floppy into there, then you must let fdformat
know what size it is.
Mike
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