Re: [TCLUG:3215] fdformat

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

fdformat just maps the sectors on the media (it's a low-level formatter).
You can now `mke2fs /dev/fd0` and then proceed to mount it or do whatever
you'd like to it.  I suppose I should have made that a little more clear
from the start.  My bad...

Peter Lukas

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, rtp wrote:

> I've tried several disks all with the same result. I formated the disk
> useing fdformat
> /dev/fd0. The format read and verified without any error. Now, I am
> haveing trouble
> mounting the disk.
> 
> I attempted to mount useing mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt which reports:
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
> or too many mounted file systems
> 
> So, I tried mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt which reports:
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
> or too many mounted file systems
> 
> I recall having read that you can't format a floppy as ext2. I assume
> I've created an
> msdos format.
> 
> I understand the fdformat is a low level format, as described in the man
> file. If it's
> not a file system problem then it's a parameter issue. So, man setfdprm.
> 
> I tried "setfdprm /dev/fd0" with no option which is supposed to load the
> device with a
> new parameter set with the name entry found in /etc/fdprm. The command
> results in a
> useage message displaying parameters.
> 
> I hope I am not becoming a pain with my ignorance.
> 
> ron parker
> 
> 
> 
> 
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