Hiisi wrote:
Dear list!
I wanted to use floppy disk for bios updating on my ancient desktop
running F11. Hence, I added this line to the end of /etc/fstab:
/dev/floppy /media/floppy auto ro,user,noauto 0 0
Now I can mount floppy using 'mount /media/floppy'.
I was trying to format the disk using 'floppy'. It detects the drive:
floppy -p
floppy 0.16 Copyright 2001-2006, Double Precision, Inc.
floppy /dev/fd0: 3.5" HD
If I try 'floppy /dev/fd0' the output is:
floppy 0.16 Copyright 2001-2006, Double Precision, Inc.
floppy: device /dev/fd0 not found in /etc/floppy
I was unable to find that /etc/floppy file. There's no one with that
name. How can I format floppy?
Thanks in advance!
man floppy
or
pinfo floppy
You can create the /etc/floppy file by running, as root this
command: floppy --createrc > /etc/floppy
You should then be able to run something like:
floppy --format A:
Mikkel
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