Subject: Re: How can i use floppy disks on NetBSD?
To: Rasmus Wiman <razz@lysator.liu.se>
From: Stephen Champion <steve@herb.kuru.com>
List: amiga
Date: 03/17/1995 13:56:43
> Also, can i use newfs to format a BFFS disk, like i guess the install
> disk is? If not, how was the install disk created?
>
> Rasmus Wiman
Interesting question.
herb# newfs /dev/fd0a
newfs: /dev/fd0a: not a character-special device
write error: 1759
wtfs: Input/output error
herb# newfs /dev/rfd0a
write error: 1759
wtfs: Input/output error
Also:
herb# disklabel -wr fd0 floppy3
disklabel: /dev/rfd0: No such file or directory
I'm sure it's possible, the question is how?
As a funny thing that may or may not be a bug (I suspect it is),
when I tried the 'newfs /dev/fd0a', My X display started to dance - my
xterm window's title bar copied itself all over the horizontal plane,
ending up with a copy of it next to the existing one. I removed the
ghost by placing the real xterm over it and them moving the real one back.
My system - A3000/25, 2C, 8F, RetinaZ2, XamigaRetina, NetBSD 1.0.
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