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Date:      Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:17:28 -0700
From:      "Kevin G. Eliuk" <canonalis@dccnet.com>
To:        Jason Taylor <jason@infinitebubble.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Formating a 1680k floppy
Message-ID:  <42506B78.6050309@dccnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <42505AB3.6090602@infinitebubble.com>
References:  <42505AB3.6090602@infinitebubble.com>

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Jason Taylor wrote:

> How do I format a 1680k floppy?  I tried:
>
> %fdformat -s 21,,,,80 /dev/fd0
>
> That just produces a line of errors.  That is EEEE... instead of 
> VVVV....  I'm able to format the same floppy in Windows using WinImage.

Are you sure you don't mean 1720k?  Look at "/etc/disktab" for stressing 
a floppy.

-- 
Cheers,

Kevin.



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