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From: reink@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Reinier Kleipool) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 13:30:54 GMT Subject: Re: Format Floopy..Make file system Message-ID: <52560001@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> Organization: HP-Sales Office-The Netherlands Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hplextra!hpcc05!hpbbn!hpuamsa!reink Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs References: <1nbl78INNt7f@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU> Lines: 8 mind you that the previous trick only places a filesystem on an already (low level) formatted floppy. So you should first format the floppy on a pc to get a low level format (and a useless dos filesystem as well). Also check after formatting on your pc that the floppy has no (0) bad sectors, because 386bsd does not handle those correctly on a floppy! Reinier Kleipool