[newbie] Disk Formatting

2001-01-25 Thread SoloCDM
Prior to now, I used the following to format a disk. Now it doesn't work. What will work? setfdprm /dev/fd0 1440/1440 fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 mkfs /dev/fd0 1440 The above is a Linux format. I also need to know a DOS format command/syntax. Note: When you reply to this message, please include

Re: [newbie] Disk Formatting

2001-01-25 Thread David Thompson
The DOS is easy... c:\format a: where a: is the drive to format. - Original Message - From: "SoloCDM" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux-Mandrake Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:07 AM Subject: [newbie] Disk Formatting Prior to now,

Re: [newbie]Disk formatting

2000-10-10 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Marcia L Waller wrote: Dear Anyone, Because of all of the problems I am having I am considering installing the Linux Mandrake 7 again. I have my display working just fine now but I want to find out how it is setup exactly so that I can set it up correctly during my next install. What file

[newbie] disk formatting

2000-06-25 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
Hello all, Could anyone tell me the procedure for formatting a hard disk? I'm adding a new drive to my system and would like to format it using reiserfs. Also, I would like to know how to format a zip disk, is there a tool something like the kde floppy formatter? Thanks, Mike --