[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >My floppy shows (on Linux) as having a bad FAT partition , and therefore , >Linux >will not read from the floppy . > >What commands and what flags do I use on Linux to format the floppy (into >whichever >fs type I wish , say, FAT or ext2 ) ?
you can use mformat if you have the mtools installed. it would format your floppy to msdos format. the linux way is to use mkfs -t fstype /dev/fd0, where fstype is the filesystem type (vfat or ext2 might pass). however, the filesystem must be supported by the kernel or has modules if you want to access the drive. in gnome, you can use the gfloppy utility if you have it. there might be other methods. Paolo Falcone __________________________________ www.edsamail.com
