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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.corpcomm.net!news From: Zach Heilig <zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: A: Drive?!?!? Date: 29 Oct 1996 03:36:20 -0600 Organization: Corporate Communications Lines: 35 Sender: zach@bedrock.gaffaneys.com Message-ID: <87budmyuwb.fsf@bedrock.gaffaneys.com> References: <3268183E.5B5E@freenet.mb.ca> <3269269A.1D2@icanect.net> <54dhc5$3gs@uriah.heep.sax.de> <553dn0$72f@newshost.lanl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup16.gaffaneys.com Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.89) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 >>>>> "Charlie" == Charlie Sorsby <crs@lanl.gov> writes: Charlie> OK, I, too, am somewhat ignorant of this process under Charlie> FreeBSD. Charlie> Am I correct that one would first format the diskette Charlie> with fdformat? Right, but fdformat is only a low-level formatter, it does not put a filesystem (either dos or freebsd) on the disk. Charlie> Must I put a Unix file system on the diskette to be able Charlie> to mount it? Yes, this is from /etc/disktab: # Floppy formats: # # To make a filesystem on a floppy: # fdformat [-f <size>] fd<drive>[.<size>] # disklabel -B -r -w fd<drive>[.<size>] fd<size> # newfs <opts> fd<drive>[.<size>] I have a script I use to make a mount'able floppy (the stressed formats don't work reliably for me): #!/bin/sh fdformat -q fd0.1440 disklabel -B -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 newfs -c 1 fd0.1440 -- Zach Heilig (zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com) | ALL unsolicited commercial email Support bacteria -- it's the | is unwelcome. I avoid dealing only culture some people have! | with companies that email ads.