From: kankkune@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Risto Kankkunen) Subject: Re: Fdformat questions. Date: 8 Aug 1993 01:43:10 +0300
> However, after formatting, doing mkfs /dev/fd1 <number of blocks>
>with number of blocks set to the previously formatted non-standard
>format just gives me errors and a whole bunch of floppy controller
>resets printed to the console.
For some reason, fdformat resets the disk parameters set by setfdparm,
even if you had used the -p (permanent) switch. Just run setfdparm again
with the right params before making the fs.
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