If you use "fdformat", you then need to also make an fs on the drive like "mkfs.msdos" or "mkfs.ext2". Greg On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 09:46:23AM -0400, Dan Murphy wrote: > > > > Hi folks. > > I'm now running Linux on a dual boot system since the old P166 that I > had > > been using specifically for Linux up and went to Pentium heaven. > > Is it possible for a 3.5 floppy drive to work flawlessly under Win98, > and > > give very mixed results under Linux? > > I am running Slackware 8.0 kernel 2.2.19. Also if I use the fdformat > > command to format a floppy, do I need to run makefs as well, or is that > > further evidence of this drive being messed up? > > Fortunately I have another here, but I wanted to be sure before I go > > ripping things apart. > > thanks. > > > > > > Dan Murphy > > Webmaster > > Mansion Neighborhood Association > > http://www.capital.net/~mansion/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
