Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:50:41 -0500, s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. I think what he said is that since DOS was made for the limited capacity of a floppy, the filesystem yields more space. Or performance, but I think it was a space thang. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
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. hth, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
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 -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
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? -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
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. -- Azrael (\''/).___..--'''-._ `0_ O ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' .' ((i).-'' ((i).' (((.-' Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. ICQ#52944566 Registered Linux User: 269002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
cervixcouch wrote: This seems like it should be so simple, but it just won't work. Using 'Gnome Floppy' and 'Floppy Formater' completely hangs my system, so I've been trying to format a linux floppy so I can save some files. I've tried mke2fs /dev/fd0 AND fdformat /dev/fd0 both of which appear to have worked, i.e. no error messages. I can umount /mnt/floppy then mount /mnt/floppy without a problem. Yet when I try to copy anything to the floppy, using cp testfile.txt /mnt/floppy, I get the error message: cp: cannot stat '/mnt/floppy/testfile.txt': Input/Output error What does 'cannot stat' mean? What am I doing wrong? try, mkfs -t vfat /dev/fd0 if you want fat32, or, mkfs /dev/fd0 if you want ext2 as it's default. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
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... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
