[gentoo-user] How can I format correctly a FAT floppy?

[gentoo-user] How can I format correctly a FAT floppy?

[Michael Kintzios]

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Hi All,

Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this output:
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# fdisk /dev/fd0

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/fd0: 0 MB, 737280 bytes
2 heads, 9 sectors/track, 80 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 18 * 512 = 9216 bytes

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/fd0p1   ?   103864578   194646963   817041466   44  Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(10, 0, 13) logical=(103864577, 1, 6)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(363, 105, 51) logical=(194646962, 1, 7)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/fd0p2   ?    61797750    91741548   269494180+  65  Novell Netware 386
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(370, 108, 53) logical=(61797749, 1, 7)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(0, 13, 10) logical=(91741547, 1, 3)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/fd0p3   ?    62565495    62566594        9895+  42  SFS
Partition 3 has dirderfferent physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(329, 79, 13) logical=(62565494, 0, 8)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(335, 77, 4) logical=(62566593, 1, 7)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order
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What's the appropriate way to format a floppy with FAT using Linux, so that it can be used in M$Windoze without the need of a native re-formatting?
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Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] How can I format correctly a FAT floppy?

[Wade Brown]

Easiest way would be to try "mformat a:" (yes, that is the actual
command), I'm not sure if it's part of the basic utilities set or not,
but it's about as simple as you can get regarding FAT floppies.

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On 8/29/05, Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this output:
> ===================
> # fdisk /dev/fd0
> 
> Command (m for help): p
> 
> Disk /dev/fd0: 0 MB, 737280 bytes
> 2 heads, 9 sectors/track, 80 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 18 * 512 = 9216 bytes
> 
>     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/fd0p1   ?   103864578   194646963   817041466   44  Unknown
> Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
>      phys=(10, 0, 13) logical=(103864577, 1, 6)
> Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
>      phys=(363, 105, 51) logical=(194646962, 1, 7)
> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> /dev/fd0p2   ?    61797750    91741548   269494180+  65  Novell Netware 386
> Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
>      phys=(370, 108, 53) logical=(61797749, 1, 7)
> Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
>      phys=(0, 13, 10) logical=(91741547, 1, 3)
> Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> /dev/fd0p3   ?    62565495    62566594        9895+  42  SFS
> Partition 3 has dirderfferent physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
>      phys=(329, 79, 13) logical=(62565494, 0, 8)
> Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
>      phys=(335, 77, 4) logical=(62566593, 1, 7)
> Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> 
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
> ===================
> 
> What's the appropriate way to format a floppy with FAT using Linux, so that it can be used in M$Windoze without the need of a native re-formatting?
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> Regards,
> Mick
> 
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>

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RE: [gentoo-user] How can I format correctly a FAT floppy?

[Dave Nebinger]

> Easiest way would be to try "mformat a:" (yes, that is the actual
> command), I'm not sure if it's part of the basic utilities set or not,
> but it's about as simple as you can get regarding FAT floppies.

emerge mtools


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Re: [gentoo-user] How can I format correctly a FAT floppy?

[Hans-Werner Hilse]

Hi,

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:51:54 +0000 (GMT)
"Michael Kintzios" <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk> wrote:

> Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this 
> output:
> [...]

Just a side note here (mtools and mkfs.vfat would solve the actual
task): partition table of a floppy disk? well, you could create one,
but i guess _that_ would definately lead to a floppy not working with
Windows... There's usually no partition table on a floppy disc. The
whole device is used for one filesystem instead ("superdisc"?).

This is actually a little bit different with USB disks: Both variants
are common there (w/ and w/o partition table).

-hwh
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Re: [gentoo-user] How can I format correctly a FAT floppy?

[Alex]

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On Monday 29 August 2005 16:51, Michael Kintzios wrote:
> What's the appropriate way to format a floppy with FAT using Linux, so that
> it can be used in M$Windoze without the need of a native re-formatting?

# mkfs.vfat /dev/fd0
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Re: [gentoo-user] How can I format correctly a FAT floppy?

[Matthias Bethke]

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Hi Michael,
on Monday, 2005-08-29 at 16:51:54, you wrote:
> Using fdisk to check the partition table of a FAT floppy gave me this output:
> [gibberish]

That's because fdisk tries to interpret the data it finds as a partition
table, but actually there is none. Floppies aren't supposed to be
partitioned, although for the sake of doing it you could under Linux.
Just use mtools as the others have suggested, or simply "mkfs.msdos
/dev/fdX".

Regards
	Matthias
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