formating Floppy Disks ?
Mike
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Wed, 22 May 2002 10:33:52 +1000
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An Apus 3000 Mac clone. I'll give mke2fs a go, but I would have thought =
fdfromat should work just as fine. Will mk2fs format a DOS disk ??
Mike
>what sort of machine is this error occurring on? because mke2fs =
/dev/fd0 works fine on this machine.......
>
>--Shawn
On Tue, 21 May 2002 14:50:08 +1000
"Mike" <marinated@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Having some problems with formatting Floppy Disks with YDL 2.2 .... =
Anyone
> else come across this error ??
>=20
> [root@localhost config]# /usr/bin/fdformat /dev/fd0
> Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB.
> Formatting ...
> ioctl(FDFMTBEG): Unknown error 515
>=20
> thanks,
>=20
> Mike
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>An Apus 3000 Mac clone. I'll give =
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<DIV>>what sort of machine is this error occurring on? because =
mke2fs=20
/dev/fd0 works fine on this machine.......<BR><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>></FONT><BR>>--Shawn<BR><BR>On Tue, 21 May 2002 14:50:08=20
+1000<BR>"Mike" <<A=20
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wrote:<BR><BR>> Having some problems with formatting Floppy Disks =
with YDL=20
2.2 .... Anyone<BR>> else come across this error ??<BR>> =
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[root@localhost config]# /usr/bin/fdformat /dev/fd0<BR>> =
Double-sided, 80=20
tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB.<BR>> Formatting =
...<BR>>=20
ioctl(FDFMTBEG): Unknown error 515<BR>> <BR>> thanks,<BR>> =
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