Re: [TCLUG:3215] fdformat

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Subject: Re: [TCLUG:3215] fdformat
From: Christopher Palmer <reid@pconline.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 22:56:09 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <3696CDC6.89D9119@iaxs.net>

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, rtp wrote:

> Interesting point; I performed fdformat on the disks and then dd
> formated the boot.img disk as dos, I had tried ext2 on the boot. dd then
> formated the supp.img disk as ext2.

No, you're mistaken. 'dd' does not write a filesystem to a storage volume,
DOS, ext2 or any other. It just copies blindly, block for block.

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References:
- Re: [TCLUG:3215] fdformat
  - From: rtp <rtp@iaxs.net>

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