Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:53:44 +0100 (CET) From: Cordula's Web <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: satimis@icare.com.hk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Format floppy problem Message-ID: <20040316165344.B515F40822@fw.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk> (message from Stephen Liu on Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:21:34 %2B0800) References: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk>
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> Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, etc. > > But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with > > $ fdformat /dev/fd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. > > they could not be mounted > > $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument Did you forget to write a filesystem on the floppy, e.g. with newfs_msdos(8)? fdformat is only for low-level formatting... > I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this > problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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