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Easiest way would be to try "mformat a:" (yes, that is the actual |
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command), I'm not sure if it's part of the basic utilities set or not, |
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but it's about as simple as you can get regarding FAT floppies. |
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Wade Brown |
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On 8/29/05, Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> |
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> Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this output: |
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> =================== |
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> # fdisk /dev/fd0 |
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> Command (m for help): p |
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> Disk /dev/fd0: 0 MB, 737280 bytes |
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> 2 heads, 9 sectors/track, 80 cylinders |
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> Units = cylinders of 18 * 512 = 9216 bytes |
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> |
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> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System |
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> /dev/fd0p1 ? 103864578 194646963 817041466 44 Unknown |
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> Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): |
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> phys=(10, 0, 13) logical=(103864577, 1, 6) |
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> Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: |
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> phys=(363, 105, 51) logical=(194646962, 1, 7) |
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> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. |
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> /dev/fd0p2 ? 61797750 91741548 269494180+ 65 Novell Netware 386 |
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> Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): |
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> phys=(370, 108, 53) logical=(61797749, 1, 7) |
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> Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: |
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> phys=(0, 13, 10) logical=(91741547, 1, 3) |
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> Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. |
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> /dev/fd0p3 ? 62565495 62566594 9895+ 42 SFS |
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> Partition 3 has dirderfferent physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): |
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> phys=(329, 79, 13) logical=(62565494, 0, 8) |
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> Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: |
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> phys=(335, 77, 4) logical=(62566593, 1, 7) |
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> Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. |
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> |
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> Partition table entries are not in disk order |
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> =================== |
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> 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? |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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