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SuSE Linux: Version 5.3 International, 1st Edition
You try to format a DOS discette using the command mformat a:
, like it
could be done in earlier versions of S.u.S.E. Linux. You get the message
mformat: Non-removable media is not supported (You must tell the complete geometry of the disk, either in /etc/mtools or on the command line)
In order to get back the old behaviour of this application, enter the following line
into the file /etc/mtools.conf
:
drive a: file="/dev/fd0" exclusive mformat_only cylinders=80 heads=2 sectors=18It is also possible to call
mformat
with the corresponding command line
arguments :
mformat a: -t 80 -h 2 -s 18
See also:
Keywords: MFORMAT, FORMATTING, DOS
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