On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 10:10:43AM +0200, Robert Siemer wrote:
> From: Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > the capacity of the floppy should not come into it as its such a small
> > amount, it doesn't need to be formatted.
>
> But it needs to be low-level formatted, otherwise format auto
> detection code will fail... (-:
can you explain that to me? when you dd the image onto the floppy it
overwrites whatever is on the floppy in that location. dd is not
format, You can take an image of a floppy using dd and write it to
another floppy and they will be identical
or am I lost!
>
>
> Bye,
> Robert
>
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