Re: How do i us a Floppy Disk in Linux

[Archan Paul <devrootp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure!! I can....

Archan
devrootp@xxxxxxxxxxx


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 12/27/00, 1:01:06 PM, Rohit Srivastava <rohit_kumars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote 
regarding Re: [LIG] How do i us a Floppy Disk in Linux:


> 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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