Re: [TCLUG:3215] fdformat

[Ben Luey <lueyb@carleton.edu>]

Try using another disk. I've had disks that appear fine and work under
normal uses, but always fail to boot when I "dd"ed them. I can't explain
why, but try it with another disk. 

Good Luck

Ben



> I have to say you guys are giving me an education today. Much appreciated!
> 
> I got the lowlevel format (mapping sectors to fd media), formated the floppy
> as ext2 and ran the "dd if=/home/rtp/bootdisk/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=8k".
> 
> Unfortuneately, I've got the same result "initrd.img..........failed boot".
> 
> At this point, I am going to sleep on it and absorb everything that's been
> chucked into the old wood chopper (aka brain).
> 
> Ron Parker
> 
> Peter Lukas wrote:
> 
> > fdformat just maps the sectors on the media (it's a low-level formatter).
> > You can now `mke2fs /dev/fd0` and then proceed to mount it or do whatever
> > you'd like to it.  I suppose I should have made that a little more clear
> > from the start.  My bad...
> >
> > Peter Lukas
> >
> > On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, rtp wrote:
> >
> > > I've tried several disks all with the same result. I formated the disk
> > > useing fdformat
> > > /dev/fd0. The format read and verified without any error. Now, I am
> > > haveing trouble
> > > mounting the disk.
> > >
> > > I attempted to mount useing mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt which reports:
> > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
> > > or too many mounted file systems
> > >
> > > So, I tried mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt which reports:
> > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
> > > or too many mounted file systems
> > >
> > > I recall having read that you can't format a floppy as ext2. I assume
> > > I've created an
> > > msdos format.
> > >
> > > I understand the fdformat is a low level format, as described in the man
> > > file. If it's
> > > not a file system problem then it's a parameter issue. So, man setfdprm.
> > >
> > > I tried "setfdprm /dev/fd0" with no option which is supposed to load the
> > > device with a
> > > new parameter set with the name entry found in /etc/fdprm. The command
> > > results in a
> > > useage message displaying parameters.
> > >
> > > I hope I am not becoming a pain with my ignorance.
> > >
> > > ron parker
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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