[Techtalk] Formatting a floppy

mmp_fox at bellsouth.net mmp_fox at bellsouth.net
Mon Mar 29 09:59:26 EST 2004


If you have the MS Dos tools installed, most systems can also do MSDOS commands like this:
MFORMAT A:  (to format)
MDIR A:      (to list)
MCOPY resume A:  (to copy)
etc.

> 
> From: Dan Richter <daniel.richter at wimba.com>
> Date: 2004/03/29 Mon AM 03:23:48 EST
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: [Techtalk] Formatting a floppy
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> How can I format a floppy disk under Linux? I'm interested in both VFAT 
> and standard Linux formatting.
> 
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