Here we go again.

In article <1992Aug12.132801.6164@infonode.ingr.com> tracyre@infonode.ingr.com writes:
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>In article <1992Aug12.015419.2738@athena.mit.edu>, hammond@kwhpc.caseng.com (Kevin W. Hammond) writes:
>|> I'm about to install my first kernel since I converted from DOS to Linux 0.96.
>|> Under DOS, I remember using rawrite to place the boot image on the floppy.
>|> How will this be accomplished under Linux?  The 0.97 README states that a
>|> formatted floppy is needed.  What program should be used to format the disk?
>
>With Linux, if you have a bootimage file which you want to put on a
>floppy, the floppy doesn't need to be formatted.  You can simply
>execute the command:
>
>$ cat bootimage > /dev/PS0

The floppy does need to be at least low-level formatted.  You're just
asking for trouble, otherwise.  The proper command to low-level format
a floppy is:

# fdformat /dev/fd0h1200        /* high density 5.25" */
# fdformat /dev/fd0H1440        /* high density 3.5"  */

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>If you want to format a DOS diskette, I believe that you use the
>mtools command:
>
>$ mkdfs -f a: (b:)

To high-level format a floppy in DOS format, the command should be:

# mformat a:
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                                    +    Jim Winstead Jr. (CSci '95)
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