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From: zafar@phoenix.src.umd.edu (Sohail Zafar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Floppy format
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.001518.15066@ra.src.umd.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 00:15:18 GMT
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Hi everyone,
	I have a question about formating floppies on unixpc. First I don't
know the difference between /dev/rfp020 and /dev/rfp021.  Secondly, I
cannot format a 360K or a 720K floppy because both have 9 sectors per
track and iv sends a message "iv: not slice 0 of the raw device".  I
used both fformat and also fffc but no luck. iv will not take 9 sectors.
The third question is that can you use a floppy formatted on a spark
station where the device is /dev/rfd0c.  What I mean to say is that
if I can use cpio on /dev/rfd0c on my university sun I won't have to
wait forever to load using kermit. Is there a way or not?  I have
tried but without any luck.  Floppies formatted on unixpc are recognized
on Sun (I can cpio and tar) but any floppy formatted on Sun is not
recognized by unixpc nor is any information written by Sun on a diskette
formatted on the pc itself.  I was wondering if anyone had any idea as
to how to use a floppy on both Sun and unixpc.  What I think is because
of the 9 sectors per track problem.


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*            Sohail Zafar  zafar@phoenix.src.umd.edu                *
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