Bug 24 – mformat a: gives error when used out of the boxm

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Bug 24 - mformat a: gives error when used out of the boxm

Summary:	mformat a: gives error when used out of the boxm

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	mtools (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Cristian Gafton
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Duplicates:	182 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	1998-11-10 13:23 EST by Matt Wilson
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-03-18 14:50:42 EST
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Description Matt Wilson 1998-11-10 13:23:58 EST

# mformat a:
mformat: Non-removable media is not supported (You must tell
the complete geometry of the disk, either in /etc/mtools or
on the command line)

Comment 1 seva 1998-11-19 09:14:59 EST

Fix:

Change /etc/mtools.conf to be:

# Linux floppy drives
drive a: file="/dev/fd0" exclusive 1.44m
drive b: file="/dev/fd1" exclusive 1.44m

Instead of:

# Linux floppy drives
drive a: file="/dev/fd0" exclusive
drive b: file="/dev/fd1" exclusive

As described in mtools(1)3 man page.

/Seva

Comment 2 Derek Tattersall 1998-11-19 11:33:59 EST

Seva's patch to /etc/mtools.conf works properly.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1998-11-24 10:50:59 EST

*** Bug 182 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 seva 1998-11-26 13:43:59 EST

Only problem is what is they have a 1.2m disk?

Comment 5 Cristian Gafton 1999-03-18 14:50:59 EST

Fixed in the current beta

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