Re: [tlug] FD

[Nguyen Hung Vu <vuhung@example.com>]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, hatsuhiro wrote:

> 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.

I think msods is widely used. 
Just format your fdd with /sbin/mkfs.msdos /dev/fd0

Hung Vu

> 
> 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/
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 

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