Re: [TCLUG:3215] fdformat

[Jer Smith <jrsmit2@uswest.com>]

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.

In addition to low-level formatting a floppy disk, you must create a
filesystem on the disk.
Read up on mkfs.  In many OS worlds, a filesystem is created along with the
format, though it's not really the same thing.

Jer Smith