Bug 76471 - mkdosfs on floppy disk fails
Summary: mkdosfs on floppy disk fails
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mkdosfs
Version: 8.0
Hardware: athlon
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Preston Brown
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-10-22 06:27 UTC by Eric Smith
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-08-23 19:39:58 UTC
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Description Eric Smith 2002-10-22 06:27:27 UTC
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Description of problem:
If I do a 'mkdosfs /dev/fd1' (on a 1440K floppy I just successfully formatted
using 'fdformat /dev/fd1'), it fails with the message 'mkdosfs: Attempting to
create a too large file system'


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Format a floppy disk:  fdformat /dev/fd1
2.  Try to create a DOS file system on it:  /sbin/mkdosfs /dev/fd1

	

Actual Results:  [eric@jevex rho]$ /sbin/mkdosfs /dev/fd1
mkdosfs 2.8 (28 Feb 2001)
mkdosfs: Attempting to create a too large file system


Expected Results:  Should have put a FAT file system on the diskette.  This
worked in prior releases.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2004-08-23 19:39:58 UTC
Closing bugs for old packages that no longer have a maintainer.


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