On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 04:17:25AM -0500, Statux wrote:
> > The above is a Linux format. I also need to know a DOS format
> > command/syntax.
>
> I always just did:
>
> mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0
>
> or
>
> mkfs.msdos /dev/fd0
>
here's a shellscript I use, named "dosformat":
#!/bin/sh
# low-level format a diskette and write a validated DOS filesystem on it.
fdformat -n $1
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
#echo open drive, close it, press ENTER...
#read kb
/sbin/mkdosfs -vc $1
else
echo Format failed!
fi
echo
echo done...
echo format another?
read kb
case $kb in
y|Y)
exec $0 $*
;;
*)
;;
esac
# end of script
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