[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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