Hiisi wrote: > 2009/9/23 Mikkel <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> man floppy >> or >> pinfo floppy >> >> You can create the /etc/floppy file by running, as root this >> command: floppy --createrc > /etc/floppy > > Done that. > >> You should then be able to run something like: >> floppy --format A: > > Whenever I'm trying the command above I have: > floppy --ext2 --format A: > floppy 0.16 Copyright 2001-2006, Double Precision, Inc. > > /dev/fd0H1440: Tiedostoa tai hakemistoa ei ole > No formattable capacities for /dev/fd0 > > > The penult line means 'The file or directory not found'. > What's wrong with it? > Dumb question 1 - does it help if you run "modprobe floppy" as root before trying to format a floppy? Dumb question 2 - did you make sure you had a disk drive in the drive? Dumb question 3 - Does the floppy drive work for anything else? You can also play with fdformat /dev/fd0u1440 (I am not sure where you got /dev/fd0H1440.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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