[tlug] FD

["hatsuhiro" <hatuhiro@example.com>]

This is Re: [tlug] fdformat. Thank you, Doughty and Gushee, for my own
confirmation.

Now I wonder which filesystem Linux users usually or mainly use on floppy
disks, ext2 or msdos. Not on hard disks about this inquiry.

Hoshino

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Gushee" <mgushee@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [tlug] fdformat


> On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 07:48:11PM +0900, hatsuhiro wrote:
> > Tell me how to format an ext2 filesystem on a floppy disk. I tried
> > formatting as shown below but couldn't mount /dev/fd0. Why not? It
slipped
> > from my memory though I did it well....
>
> > fdformat /dev/fd0h1440
> > ( ...... omitted ......)
> > Formatting . . .  done
> > Verifying . . . done
> > oops:~# mount /dev/fd0h1440 /mnt
> > mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> > oops:~# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt
> > mount: wrong fs type. bad option,bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
> >            or too many mounted file systems
> > oops:~#
>
> You probably don't need to 'format' the disk at all. That means creating
> the low-level structure of sectors and tracks, and unless you have
> an unusual type of floppy or are trying to do something unusual with it
> (e.g. create extra capacity), there is no reason to use fdformat.
>
> Whether you use fdformat or not, you will need to use mkfs to 'make the
> filesystem':
>
>   # mkfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0
>
> Hope this helps.
> --
> Matt Gushee
> Englewood, Colorado, USA
> mgushee@example.com
> http://www.havenrock.com/
>