You should be using superformat not fdformat. fdformat is extremely old and not recommend to work with modern floppy drivers. 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 > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au
