Hi Michael,
on Monday, 2005-08-29 at 16:51:54, you wrote:
> Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this output:
> [gibberish]
That's because fdisk tries to interpret the data it finds as a partition
table, but actually there is none. Floppies aren't supposed to be
partiti
Thank you all,
> From:: Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I format correctly a FAT floppy?
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:32:24 +0200
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:51:54 + (GMT)
&
Hi,
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:51:54 + (GMT)
"Michael Kintzios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this
> output:
> [...]
Just a side note here (mtools and mkfs.vfat would solve the actual
task): partition table of a floppy disk? well,
On Monday 29 August 2005 16:51, Michael Kintzios wrote:
> What's the appropriate way to format a floppy with FAT using Linux, so that
> it can be used in M$Windoze without the need of a native re-formatting?
# mkfs.vfat /dev/fd0
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Cheers, Alex.
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> Easiest way would be to try "mformat a:" (yes, that is the actual
> command), I'm not sure if it's part of the basic utilities set or not,
> but it's about as simple as you can get regarding FAT floppies.
emerge mtools
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Easiest way would be to try "mformat a:" (yes, that is the actual
command), I'm not sure if it's part of the basic utilities set or not,
but it's about as simple as you can get regarding FAT floppies.
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Wade Brown
On 8/29/05, Michael Kintzios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Using fdisk
Hi All,
Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this output:
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# fdisk /dev/fd0
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/fd0: 0 MB, 737280 bytes
2 heads, 9 sectors/track, 80 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 18 * 512 = 9216 bytes
Device Boot Start
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