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From: nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Chael Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Floppy format problems under 0.1.40
Summary: Can't format 3.5" HD disks
Keywords: floppy format 386BSD disklabel newfs
Message-ID: <4939@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 29 Aug 93 01:00:40 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Dept. of CS Ball State University Muncie IN
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I am trying to format a few floppies for use with 386BSD and
keep running into problems. I don't have a program called "format"
like it mentions in the intro for man section 8. Disklabel gives
the following error when I try to write a label to the disk (it has
been formatted with MS-DOS in the past):
disklabel: ioctl DIOCWDINFO: Device not configured
Newfs will make it so I can write data on the disk, but I am kind of
wary about doing that. In its docs it says you should disklabel it first.
Anyway, my /etc/disktab contains:
floppy|floppy3|3in|3.5in High Density Floppy:\
:ty=floppy:se#512:nt#2:rm#300:ns#18:nc#80:\
:pa#2880:oa#0:ba#4096:fa#512:\
:pb#2880:ob#0:\
:pc#2880:oc#0:
Fsck gives me a funny look if I try to check /dev/fd0a, but it works
fine on a newfs'd disk when I check /dev/rfd0a.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Chael Hall
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