>> mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb
>> works just fine, formats to 120 MB or 1.44 depending on media.
> No. NOT FORMATS. Just make filesystem. What you'll do when you'll
> have new 1.44 floppy NOT formatted (LOW-LEVEL formatted, that
> is!!!) ? mkfs.ext2 will just say: "could not write" or something :-))
Why would it do something stupid like that?
All I know is, I buy my 1.44 floppies unformatted (as they're cheaper
that way), and use the following command to format them:
mke2fs /dev/fd0 <= What DOS calls A:
mke2fs /dev/fd1 <= What DOS calls B:
mke2fs /dev/fd2 <= What DOS calls G:
mke2fs /dev/sda4 <= What DOS calls H:
All work quite happily...
Best wishes from Riley.
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