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- From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
- Subject: Re: Can't fdformat
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.044400.590@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
- Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Aug10.155730.4169@eua.ericsson.se>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 04:44:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug10.155730.4169@eua.ericsson.se> tmpcms@eua.ericsson.se (Carl-Michael Skoog) writes:
- >When I try to format a diskette under Linux (fdformat /dev/fd0) I get the
- >message 'ioctl(FDGETPRM)'. Ideas?
- >
- >Carl Michael Skoog
- >
-
- That's an interesting question. I found a way around it and never got
- around to asking for the right method. :)
-
- I used "fdformat /dev/at0".
-
- I've got a question. Will we always have at0, or will that eventually
- be dropped in favor of autodetecting with fd0? Just wondering so I don't
- get accustomed to using a device that has a limited life span.
-
-
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- Jim H.
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