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[neonatus@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Bostjan Muller)]

As I previously æxplained Linux works ok - I can do anything with this floppies
o linux, DOS/win machines choak on them - try the floppy on a win/DOS machine -
that's when the problems start :(

Bostjan
* On 03-04-00 at 10:34 Jerry Feldman (gaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
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> After reading this, I just ran fdformat on my system. First, I clobbered 
> the format by doing a tar to the floppy:
> tar cf /dev/fd0 <files>
> Then:
> # fdformat /dev/fd0h1440
> Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB.
> Formatting ... done
> Verifying ... done
> Then run mformat on it. 
>  # mformat a:
> # mdir a;
>  Volume in drive A has no label
>  Volume Serial Number is 34C2-5AB7
> Directory for A:/
> 
> No files
>                           1 457 664 bytes free   
> 
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