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Re: No fdformat?



john%ziaspace.com@localhost (John Klos) writes:

>I noticed that there's no fdformat for Amiga. What can be used in it's 
>place?

dd might just work when you write full tracks.

>Is there a kernel config option for people who want the high density 
>capability hard coded into the kernel?

I don't think there is. The function arch/amiga/dev/fd.c:fdcgetfdtype()
checks the drive signal and selects the appropriate drive type.

However, the driver selects the drive type with each open(). The
man page might be incorrect.

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