Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 01:33:41 +0000 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: "Dmitry A. Chekhov" <chekhov@neisri.magadan.su> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: format ms-dos floppy Message-ID: <39331A75.93ECECB6@S1.com> References: <18554.000530@neisri.magadan.su>
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Hi Dmitry, > How can I make floppy to read one on WIN98 machine? > I try something about > > fdformat -f 1440 fd0 > newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 > I use the following 3 commands in a script file to produce ms-dos formatted floopy disks. fdformat /dev/rfd0 disklabel -w -r /dev/rfd0 fd1440 newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 The main difference being, I think, that the fdformat command is using the 'raw' device, and specifying that it is under /dev hth, haxxa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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