From: James Henrickson (ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu)
Date: 08/11/92


From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
Subject: Re: Can't fdformat
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 04:44:00 GMT

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.

-- 
Jim H.
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* James L. Henrickson
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