On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Catalin Popescu wrote: : Hi to everyone, : : Just a small and stupid question. How can I format floppies under Debian? : I've tried fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 (which used to work with Slackware) but : it doesn't work with Debian. What am I missing? : : Thanks, : : Catalin Popescu
I use superformat, which can be found in package fdutils. I think superformat first appeared when 1.3 came out, but don't quote me on that. When you install the package it'll ask permission to create "new" floppy devices; let it do that and you're ready to go. HTH, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
