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Hi All, |
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Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this output: |
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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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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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Partition table entries are not in disk order |
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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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