On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Mikkel <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hiisi wrote: >> Dear list! >> I wanted to use floppy disk for bios updating on my ancient desktop >> running F11. Hence, I added this line to the end of /etc/fstab: >> /dev/floppy /media/floppy auto ro,user,noauto 0 0 >> >> Now I can mount floppy using 'mount /media/floppy'. >> I was trying to format the disk using 'floppy'. It detects the drive: >> floppy -p >> floppy 0.16 Copyright 2001-2006, Double Precision, Inc. >> >> floppy /dev/fd0: 3.5" HD >> >> If I try 'floppy /dev/fd0' the output is: >> floppy 0.16 Copyright 2001-2006, Double Precision, Inc. >> >> floppy: device /dev/fd0 not found in /etc/floppy >> >> I was unable to find that /etc/floppy file. There's no one with that >> name. How can I format floppy? >> Thanks in advance! > man floppy > or > pinfo floppy > > You can create the /etc/floppy file by running, as root this > command: floppy --createrc > /etc/floppy > > You should then be able to run something like: > floppy --format A: ____ You can also choose to format with ext2 or fat filesystem. floppy --ext2 --format A: #ext2 /sbin/mkdosfs /dev/fd0 #fat the latter allows you to use the floppy on both linux and windows. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
