[NTLUG:Discuss] Formatting a floppy with ext3, also using Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4) with Smoothwall

terry kj5zr at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 7 14:48:31 CDT 2003



Wayne Dahl wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 14:01, terry wrote:
> 
> 
>>But I usually use
>>mkdosfs /dev/fd0
>>so that it's universal
> 
> 
> Well, the problem with this is that this is a VERY minimal installation
> and the kernal doesn't have msdos compatibility compiled in.
> 
> Wayne
> 
>

So try:
mkfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0
or
mkdfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0 1440
or
mkfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0H1440




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