Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:33:31 -0400 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Formatting a USB floppy in FreeBSD [SOLVED] Message-ID: <20041014183331.GM278@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <20041014180935.GA665@empiric.icir.org> References: <20041006092156.GA690@empiric.icir.org> <20041006112834.GC1794@empiric.icir.org> <20041006120031.GD1794@empiric.icir.org> <416E9271.6050700@portaone.com> <20041014152137.GL278@numachi.com> <20041014180935.GA665@empiric.icir.org>
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 11:09:35AM -0700, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 11:21:37AM -0400, Brian Reichert wrote: > > I generally avoid the problem by maintaining, on my hard drive, an > > image of a formatted floppy, and using 'dd' to write it to whatever > > destination.... > > 'dd' does not perform low level format of USB floppy devices, so > you are talking about a completely different problem. D'oh! You're right; I apologize. I haven't done a low-level format of anything in years; I'm suprised it's still common practice. Sorry about jumping on a thread late, w/o catching up first... > BMS -- Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large
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