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Re: mkfs on floppy

To: Geeta Gharpure <geeta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: mkfs on floppy
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:05:54 -0700
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On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 12:41:07AM -0500, Geeta Gharpure wrote:

> Has anyone tried mkfs.xfs on a floppy device?

it's not useful and won't work, there is a lower limit that's much
larger than a typical floppy (16MB?)

an ls120/240 should work

> I am constantly getting -
> [root@localhost root]# mkfs.xfs /dev/fd0
> mkfs.xfs: cannot open /dev/fd0: Device or resource busy
> message.

dont do that

xfs isn't useful or desirable on a floppy

  --cw


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