Formatting a floppy

[KenCunningham]

Good day, I wonder whether anyone can help with an issue concerning formatting a floppy using Solaris 8?

Basically, the fdformat works perfectly, formatting the disk to 1.44 Mb as per spec. However, I understand that in linux, for example, the command:

fdformat /dev/fd0u1722

will format a floppy to 1.722 Mb. Does anyone know a) whether this works using Linux and b) whether there is an equivalent capability using Solaris. Any advice greatly appreciated.

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[dandan123]

Does that mean a 1.44MB floppy can be formatted to 1.772MB ?

Didn't know this was possible.

 

[KenCunningham]

In Linux, apparently. The brave new world indeed! Haven't seen anything to indicate that it's possible on Solaris, but thought I'd post anyway.

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[KenCunningham]

Just to put this to bed, I've managed to find a Red Hat server and done the necessary on it. Very useful!

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