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From: Johannes Beekhuizen on 16 Jun 2008 07:55
Hallo All,

Sometimes I feel the need to use an MSdos formatted diskette to
take data to an other system [usualy non-Linx].
This morning I found out that since last time I tried it [quite
some time ago], the mkfs.msdos utility has disappeared.
Now, how do I make an MSdos file system on a diskette?
I'm currenty using the SlackWare 12.1 distribution, if that
matters.

Groeten,

Hans.

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From: Roby on 16 Jun 2008 08:54
Johannes Beekhuizen wrote:

> Hallo All,
>
> Sometimes I feel the need to use an MSdos formatted diskette to
> take data to an other system [usualy non-Linx].
> This morning I found out that since last time I tried it [quite
> some time ago], the mkfs.msdos utility has disappeared.
> Now, how do I make an MSdos file system on a diskette?
> I'm currenty using the SlackWare 12.1 distribution, if that
> matters.
>
> Groeten,
>
> Hans.
>
> jdh punt beekhuizen bij duinheks punt nl
Hi Hans!

Did you try to access mkfs.msdos as root? On Debian, that's
the way. Maybe Slackware is like that too.

Roby
From: John Hasler on 16 Jun 2008 09:26
Install the mtools package. Debian still has it so it seems likely that
Slackware does as well.
--
John Hasler
john(a)dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
From: Johannes Beekhuizen on 16 Jun 2008 09:26
Hallo Roby,

Op maandag 16 juni 2008 schreef Roby aan All:

>> Now, how do I make an MSdos file system on a diskette?

Ro> Did you try to access mkfs.msdos as root? On Debian, that's
Ro> the way. Maybe Slackware is like that too.

Yes, I did. It used to be necessary under SlackWare as well.
The thing is that mkfs.msdos seems not to exist any more.

Groeten,

Hans.

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From: Johannes Beekhuizen on 16 Jun 2008 09:49
Hallo John,

Op maandag 16 juni 2008 schreef John Hasler aan All:

JH> Install the mtools package. Debian still has it so it seems
JH> likely that Slackware does as well.

OK. That was hidden together with fdutils in the "floppy" package.
It has not got mkfs.msdos, but superformat, which also does the
job. Now I wonder why I discarded superformat a long time ago and
changed to fdformat with mfs.msdos...
But anyway, I can proceed now. Thank you very much!

Groeten,

Hans.

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