On Friday 19 September 2003 12:47 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.
> > >> 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? well, I don't recall all the technical mumbo jumbo as it was explained by Civileme on this list a couple/few years back, but the upshot was something to the effect that the floppy filesystem format was a dos thing and as such it's difficult for ext2 to conform. Where's Tom Brinkman when you need him? :) anyway, I know that ain't much help, but my memory is going... :) -s
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