[techtalk] Formatting floppy

aaron aaron at powertrip.net
Wed Feb 16 12:45:13 EST 2000


Should be able to run:
mke2fs /dev/fd0 (or whichever floppy drive it is)
This needs to be done as root.

Then mount with:
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy  (or alternate mount point)

- Aaron Schultz
- aaron at powertrip.net
"I have not lost my mind. It's backed up on disk somewhere."
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, kev wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a floppy disk which is DOS formatted.
> How do I format it as a Linux disk?
> 
> Sorry for the dumb question, but I searched in RH manuals and the RedHat
> site, but no joy...
> 
> thanks,
> 
> - Kev
> 
> 
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