Re: How do i us a Floppy Disk in Linux

[Rohit Srivastava <rohit_kumars@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Archan
If I want to use the floppy in DOS vfat can't I do it
with making vfat file system with
mkfs -t vfat /dev/fd0 1440
??
rohit

--- Archan Paul <devrootp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Aditya,
> If u want to do raw format of the floppy, then use
> "fdformat <devicename
> eg. /dev/fd0>".
> To make the filesystem, use "mkfs /dev/fd0". If you
> want to use the
> floppy in (DOS) vfat format, then install "mtools"
> package and then use
> "mformat" to format the floppy.
> 
> 
> Archan
> devrootp@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Aditya R Rao wrote:
> > 
> > Can you please tell me how to format and use a
> floppy disk under linux
> > 
> >
>
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