Re: Problems with KDE Floppy Formatter (fdformat??)
Hi, > since when has it been obsolete? I still have it on my system...it's part > of the util-linux package. If I start the program "fdformat" I get the following message: > Note: /usr/bin/fdformat is obsolete and is no longer available. > Please use /usr/bin/superformat instead (make sure you have the > fdutils package installed first). Also, there had been some > major changes from version 4.x. Please refer to the documentation. Anyway the problem also occurs with HD Disks. I didn't recognize this because my HD disks were preformatted. Kfloppy tries to use fdformat for the low level formatting but fdformat doesn't format. So mkdosfs isn't able to install the file system if the disk was not preformatted. Regards, Oliver
Re: Problems with KDE Floppy Formatter (fdformat??)
Le Lundi 12 Mars 2001 12:41, Ivan E. Moore II a écrit : > > if I try to format a DD floppy with the KDE Floppy Formatter, I get the > > > > following error message: > > > Cannot create a filesystem on: /dev/fd0u720 > > > mkdosfs:unable to allocate space for FAT image in memory > > > > I'm using KDE 2.1 and Potato. > > > > Formatting HD Disks works. > > > > Perhaps the problem has something to do with the now obsolete "fdformat"? > > since when has it been obsolete? I still have it on my system...it's part > of the util-linux package. > > anyways..I dont' have any dd disks let alone too many hd disks to test > this. When you try to launch fdformat on Debian, you get a message saying it is obsoleted and that superformat should be used. I think that message was already there in Slink. To answer the previous question, is it normal that the device /dev/fd0u720 is used ? You really have that drive ? -- Thibaut Cousin email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web : http://clrwww.in2p3.fr
Re: Problems with KDE Floppy Formatter (fdformat??)
> if I try to format a DD floppy with the KDE Floppy Formatter, I get the > following error message: > > > Cannot create a filesystem on: /dev/fd0u720 > > mkdosfs:unable to allocate space for FAT image in memory > > I'm using KDE 2.1 and Potato. > > Formatting HD Disks works. > > Perhaps the problem has something to do with the now obsolete "fdformat"? since when has it been obsolete? I still have it on my system...it's part of the util-linux package. anyways..I dont' have any dd disks let alone too many hd disks to test this. Ivan -- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
Problems with KDE Floppy Formatter (fdformat??)
Hi, if I try to format a DD floppy with the KDE Floppy Formatter, I get the following error message: > Cannot create a filesystem on: /dev/fd0u720 > mkdosfs:unable to allocate space for FAT image in memory I'm using KDE 2.1 and Potato. Formatting HD Disks works. Perhaps the problem has something to do with the now obsolete "fdformat"? Regards, Oliver
