Re: mkfs.msdos, FAT 32 and wrong disksize

2003-10-30 Thread lorian
Lukas writes: > > I have not had > > any problems with the schedule: > > > > 1 - win fdisk 2 - linux fdisk 3 - win format (for all vfat) 4 - > > linux mkfs (for all ext2/3) > > > > My way for doing things like that: > 1 - cfdisk, partion all the disk as you want to > 2 - inst

Re: mkfs.msdos, FAT 32 and wrong disksize

2003-10-30 Thread Lukas Ruf
Hi Florian, thanks for the reply. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-30 03:06]: > > > > Dear all, > > > > don't ask why but I have to prepare a disk with FAT32. > > I won't ask ;-) , but if you happen to have also Windows on your > machine, I think I have an advice. > unfortunately

Re: mkfs.msdos, FAT 32 and wrong disksize

2003-10-29 Thread lorian
i.e., have the same access to it). I have also tried mkfs.msdos and have also got errors I did not even understand because I know too little about VFAT. AFAIK, Linux FAT support is still *alpha* (though I think this refers to creating and checking such a filesystem, rather than using it), for which

mkfs.msdos, FAT 32 and wrong disksize

2003-10-29 Thread Lukas Ruf
fdisk consistently reports so. However, when creating a file system on it by mkfs.msdos -F 32 -n lpr -v -v -v /dev/hdd1 The log is: mkfs.msdos 2.10 (22 Sep 2003) Boot jump code is eb 58 Using 32 reserved sectors 163846840 sectors for FAT+data, starting with 32 sectors/cluster Trying wi

Re: mkfs.msdos

2001-03-01 Thread Alex V. Toropov
dosfstools - Original Message - From: "Roberto Diaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: 1 марта 2001 г. 9:53 Subject: mkfs.msdos > In which package can I find this utility? > > > Regards > > Roberto > > ---

mkfs.msdos

2001-03-01 Thread Roberto Diaz
In which package can I find this utility? Regards Roberto Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://vivaldi.ddts.net Powered by ddt dynamic DNS Powered by GNU running on a Linux kernel. Powered by Debian (The real wonder)

Re: mkfs.msdos?

1999-12-04 Thread Martin Fluch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, luis wrote: > in which debian package can i found the mkfs.msdos file system builder ? dosfstools - -- Where do you want to go today? - As far from Redmond as possible! For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN

Re: mkfs.msdos?

1999-12-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On 4/12/99 luis wrote: in which debian package can i found the mkfs.msdos file system builder ? thanks a lot apt-get install dosfstools -- Ethan Benson To obtain my PGP key: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/pgp/

mkfs.msdos?

1999-12-04 Thread luis
hello in which debian package can i found the mkfs.msdos file system builder ? thanks a lot

Re: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

1998-08-19 Thread Brian May
way I can delete it later on >down the road. The problem is, mkfs.msdos (or mkfs -t fat) cannot find the >geometry of the drive (file) even when it is hooked up through a loopback >device. If you can't tell mkfs.msdos the disk geometry of the disk (actually disk image), then I wo

RE: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

1998-08-17 Thread Steve Lamb
mage may be a better word) that is 20Mb large so I can mount it under DOSEMU. Why do it that way, you ask? Simple, I don't have any room on my current HDs to make a real DOS partition and by doing it this way I can delete it later on down the road. The problem is, mkfs

RE: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

1998-08-17 Thread Bob McGowan
> -Original Message- > From: Steve Lamb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 1998 1:05 PM > To: Debian-user > Cc: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos > > > Does anyone have a clue a

Formatting a file with mkfs.msdos

1998-08-16 Thread Steve Lamb
Does anyone have a clue as how to format a file with mkfs.msdos? -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus| employer's. They hired me for my ICQ: 5107343 | skills and labor, n