On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:23:05 +0100, "Azrael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > cervixcouch wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 02:58:49 -0500, "s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > >>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 tried formatting the floppy as a DOS floppy and was able to copy files > > to it. > > > > But why does it make a difference? I formatted my zip drive as ext2 and > > it works fine. > > > > And if/since it does make a difference, why is "Linux" even offered as a > > file system option in KFloppy? In what situations would that work? > > It's more the case that "linux" as an option wouldn't work on a windows > machine if you wanted to use your files there as well. > Hence use a format that can be accessed from a windows PC should it ever > be necessary.
I figured as much, as far as a Windows machine goes, but I was only using Linux machines to try to save to the floppies I'd formatted as "Linux" floppies. I've gotten the same error message on three Linux machines now. No biggie. I can just format them as DOS floppies, but it does seem silly to need to do so. -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail...
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