Floppy disk (filesystem size)

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 09:30:06PM +0100, Fred Nussbaum wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'need to write 1440 (1K blocks) to a floppy disk.
> This is the size of a driver for the hardware, that I
> need to be able to install FC3 (from an (FC3-)ISO
> image) .
> How do I create a floppy that can hold 1440 (1K
> blocks)? Or what alternative do I have?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Fred
> 
I am not sure why your floppy disk can't hold 1400 1 K blocks. But
look at man fdformat for various formating options.
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