Format floppy problem
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Tue Mar 16 08:54:21 PST 2004
> Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, etc.
>
> But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with
>
> $ fdformat /dev/fd0
> Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y
> Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done.
>
> they could not be mounted
>
> $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy
> msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument
Did you forget to write a filesystem on the floppy, e.g. with
newfs_msdos(8)? fdformat is only for low-level formatting...
> I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this
> problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD.
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