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From: User Dave Sys Admin <dave@pc16.mpn.cp.philips.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Getting > 1.2MB from floppy
Date: 12 Jun 1997 12:29:59 GMT
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Hi,

I'm trying to create a boot floppy for BSDI BSD/OS 3.0 Kernel #0.  I'm
using :-

	fdformat -lv rfd0 floppy

which should create a label on a 1.44mb floppy installed in drive 0.  It
appears to do this fine.


If I want to boot the floppy I then use :-

	disksetup -B rfd0

and select the fd type of boot block to install, then install a new file
system using :-

	newfs rfd0 floppy

and this goes fine too, however when I mount the disk and do a df, it
only shows 1283 1K blocks.  If I mount the install floppy supplied with
BSDI, it shows 1399 1k blocks which is nearer to the 1.4 MB that I would
expect.

I've tried playing with -m 0 and -o space and -p 0 to newfs, all to no
avail, I've tried not using -l to fdformat and doing all the labelling
from disksetup, with all the options I've tried fd0, rfd0 and I still
can't get more than 1283 blocks.  (I can if I cheat and use fdformat
then do a dd between the install floppy and the newly formatted floppy).

disksetup -N and newfs -N show the same values for the install floppy
and the floppy I've created, though the disksetup won't let me specify a
mount point for partition c on the new floppy, though this is specified
on the install floppy.

My question is how do I get the disks to show more than 1.2MB ?

Have I misread the documentation ?

Regards,


Dave Restall