From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 16:34:06 CEST
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 02:40:04PM +0200, Philippe LEGAY nicely wrote:
>
>
> Mark Roberts wrote:
>
> > > > how in the hell do I get a 1.7MB package on a 1.44 floppy?
> > >
> > > read the doc's! hehe:)
> >
> > It worked for me, and I didn't read the docs.
> >
> > I created the floppy from inside a working linux, using the setup-script
> > (which is called 'mu') as root. You get a menu, you ask for 1.7MB
> > floppies, it formats them for you.
>
> Ok, I admit, I have not read the documentation and not test.
> But to work well, we need a /dev/fd0H1722 device, that does not exist on my
> Linux distribution.
The "mu" script try to create it for you, if missing, with the command:
# mknod /dev/fd0H1722 b 2 60
> How can I add it ? With mknod, but does all kernel have the 60 minor and
> understand that this is for a 1,7 Mo diskette ?
You have only to do a try :-)
Michele
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