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Title: mformat: Non-removable media is not supported

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mformat: Non-removable media is not supported

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 5.3 International, 1st Edition

Symptom:

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)     

Solution:

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=18
It is also possible to call mformat with the corresponding command line arguments :
 mformat a: -t 80 -h 2 -s 18

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Keywords: MFORMAT, FORMATTING, DOS

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SDB-rb_mformat, Copyright SuSE GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany - Version: 15. Aug 1998
Impressum - Last generated: 24. Feb 1999 15:20:49 by maddin with sdb_gen 1.00.0