Re: Putting a UFS file system on a floppy.

From: Philippe Regnauld (none@regnauld--deepo.prosa.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk)
Date: Fri 07 Nov 1997 - 09:35:24 CET

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 09:35:24 +0100
From: Philippe Regnauld <none@regnauld--deepo.prosa.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
To: bsd-dk@hotel.prosa.dk
Subject: Re: Putting a UFS file system on a floppy.

Niels Kristian Bech Jensen writes:
> Hi,
> How do I put a UFS file system on a floppy? I've tried 'newfs' but it
> gives me a "no disklabel" message. 'disklabel' wont write to a floppy.

Check out the section "Floppy formats" in /etc/disktab.
You can invoke those labels from disklabel.

Grunt solution: dd a boot floppy, mount it, erase the files :-)

-- -- Phil

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