Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:08:25 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: svtv@svtv.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2 Help Message-ID: <200404022208.i32M8P614096@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <406DDC43.ABD5A89C@svtv.org> from "svtv" at Apr 02, 2004 04:34:02 PM
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> No this happens when i format the disk on Microsoft and nothing else all
> the disks are only 1.38mb. Is there another way to do it without
> formatting the disk through windows before adding the image. I have tried
> multiple disks and they all format with only 1.38mb left.
I usually format any floppies on FreeBSD, just tried one on an MS
machine sitting around here. With no /s switch I got 1,457,664 -
nominally 1.44MB and then I used the /s switch and that took out
about 375KB for system files which is a lot more than you are losing.
So, I don't know.
I never use one of those GUI format tools. I just print up an MSDOS
window (MS-DOS Prompt) and type in the format command.
format a:
Maybe there is something weird about the format tool you are using.
////jerry
> - Greg
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> Jerry McAllister wrote:
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