From: n217cg@tamuts.tamu.edu (Scott Taylor) Subject: Re: How do I put a Linux FS on a floppy? Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1992 17:44:02 GMT
In article <1992Sep21.163525.25613@cs.ubc.ca> upham@cs.ubc.ca (Derek Upham) writes:
>I've managed to do it by "dd"-ing an already-formatted floppy (all
>1.44 Megs of it) to a file, then "dd"-ing the file onto another
>diskette, but there must be a better way to do it. (Besides, this
>method won't get me the extended file system.)
>
Assuming that you want to make a filesystem on a floppy (as opposed to
just copying floppies), use
mkfs /dev/fd0 1440
with a formatted floppy in drive 0 (A: for all you former DOS addicts).
You can substitue "mkefs" for the "mkfs".
>Thanks,
>
>Derek
Scott Taylor
n217cg@tamuts.tamu.edu