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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!gus.ecn.purdue.edu!mhayashi
  3. From: mhayashi@gus.ecn.purdue.edu (Mathew S Hayashi)
  4. Subject: SLS: "fdformat" gives "ioctl()" error.
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec16.060318.25058@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
  6. Keywords: SLS, fdformat, ioctl, floppy, 1.44, 1.2, format, low, level
  7. Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news)
  8. Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
  9. Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 06:03:18 GMT
  10. Lines: 18
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  13. When I try to perform a low-level format to a floppy, i.e.,
  14.  
  15.             fdformat /dev/fd0
  16. I receive the following error:
  17.             ioctl(FDGETPRM): No such device
  18.  
  19. I receive the error imediately, and the drive never "twirls."
  20.  
  21. Please help me if you can.
  22. I would really like to be able to format disks from within Linux!
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  27.                            --/\-----    Mat Hayashi
  28.                            | O   O |    mhayashi@ecn.purdue.edu
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