On Friday 19 Sep 2003 8:58 am, s wrote:
> On Thursday 18 September 2003 08:30 pm, cervixcouch wrote:
> > I've tried "mke2fs /dev/fd0"  AND "fdformat /dev/fd0" both of
> > which appear to have worked, i.e. no error messages.
>
> make sure supermount is disabled, and the the floppy isn't mounted.
> fdformat first, then mkdosfs.  really vfat should be used on
> floppies, even if it's for linux files.
>
I presume that you would lose the permissions, though?

Anne
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