Re: LS-120 Formatting?

Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:51:26 +0300 (MSK)


19-Dec-98 19:43 you wrote:
> Under S.u.S.E. 5.3, kernel 2.0.35

> mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb
> ^ my machine's LS-120 is slave on the primary ide channel

> works just fine, formats to 120 MB or 1.44 depending on media.

No. NOT FORMATS. Just make filesystem. What you'll do when you'll have new
1.44 floppy NOT formatted (LOW-LEVEL formatted, that is!!!) ? mkfs.ext2 will
just say: "could not write" or something :-))

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