Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 7 Mar 1997 09:51:13 +0000 Received: (qmail 18448 invoked from network); 7 Mar 1997 09:51:13 -0000 Received: from perv.daft.com (torin@204.122.30.2) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 7 Mar 1997 09:51:12 -0000 Received: (from torin@localhost) by perv.daft.com (8.7.6/8.6.12) id BAA20331; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 01:42:38 -0800 Sender: torin@perv.daft.com To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: fdformat causes my floppy parameters to be lost Organization: Discordian Alliance For Teaching X-Web: http://www.daft.com/~torin/ X-Discordia: Hail Eris - keep up OM X-Address: 2608 Second Avenue, #282 Seattle, WA 98121-1212 USA X-Phone-Fax: +1-800-921-4996/+1-206-727-5084 X-Face: @E5e"O[(T!v&8{hyJLrPQnww-"r;+642m"aAJi~H2t#QCQj)UkGNh4FL,;\sc{e[]|MXbF| *A+F|~XOY2JP'Bvk_.Gd{W0$/y5i<"X0y4%0S5GA6S\&/$P@Dgcr~cT1p6,op6N}#{A\0>9CaWy]a) ].L1j39flY?{z;KeP From: "Darren/Torin/Who Ever..." Date: 07 Mar 1997 01:42:38 -0800 Message-ID: <87k9nkvxzx.fsf@perv.daft.com> Lines: 36 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 Package: fdutils Version: 4.3-6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Every time I format a disk, I have to either use: fdformat /dev/fd0u1440 or setfdprm -c /dev/fd0; setfdprm -y /dev/fd0; fdformat /dev/fd0 Both are too much typing and inelegant. If I try to just use fdformat /dev/fd0, I am told "No such device". Darren - -- System Information Debian Release: 1.1 Kernel Version: Linux perv 2.0.23 #1 Tue Oct 22 00:24:15 PDT 1996 i486 unknown Versions of the packages fdutils depends on: libc5 Version: 5.4.23-2 - -- Darren Stalder/2608 Second Ave, @282/Seattle, WA 98121-1212/USA/+1-800-921-4996 @ Do you have your clothes on? I probably don't. Take yours off. Feel better. @ @ Sysadmin, webweaver, postmaster for hire. C/Perl/CGI programmer and tutor. @ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBMx/i+o4wrq++1Ls5AQEeeAP8DIGLfbMJbe2iAqJD6o5RcDNxoFOUlJzp JIaCTDv0z2tdsqEgH6wBGjTE8Mhy/8zDfgoPVXm2nLvkdV8ZMAHSbewg4DxRGNf4 h8SO0dG/NPyqrXQyFP1SS0QhxhmQWdPOdBy0Kneyun2WT3ok2VWjE6z5hbyqLFcB go50Pk7eyZM= =zRp3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----