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Date:      Thu, 14 Jun 2001 23:10:00 +0200
From:      German Tischler <tanis@gaspode.franken.de>
To:        Aaron Namba <aaron@namba1.com>
Cc:        Cynic <cynic@mail.cz>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how do i format a floppy?
Message-ID:  <20010614231000.A13618@gaspode.franken.de>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBKJCBCMINPHLGKLHDOEKCHCAA.aaron@namba1.com>; from aaron@namba1.com on Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 01:58:38PM -0700
References:  <5.1.0.14.2.20010614225554.0205f5b0@mail.cz> <NEBBKJCBCMINPHLGKLHDOEKCHCAA.aaron@namba1.com>

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On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 01:58:38PM -0700, Aaron Namba wrote:
> I want to use ufs, does that work for floppies? I thought so but I could be
> wrong.
> 
> newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 works, but newfs -f 1440 fd0 complains about needing
> a disklabel.

disklabel -r -w /dev/fd0 fd1440

works for me. Then go on and use newfs.

--gt

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