Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!flatline!erict
From: erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Questions about formatting floppies.
Message-ID: <725@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jun 89 22:09:39 GMT
Reply-To: erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend)
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I've just discovered that once you've formatted a floppy, you can
just do mkfs's on it after that.  No need to iv.

I have the sneaking suspicion that every other unix-pc owner already
new this, and is going "So?" :-)

Is this a bad/good habit?  It certainly cuts down on the format time for
a floppy:

iv & mkfs:

real:	1:12.0
user:	3.0
sys:	1.9

mkfs alone:
real:	10.5
user:	0.5
sys:	1.2


-- 
Grep sed "awk! man cut grep, edit banner false!  get help!"  Man disable
grep, split banner, join prof admin.  Grep mount eqn, find path.  Grep
echo spell.  False cat kill admin, man.  Grep find banner, make true message.
J. Eric Townsend-flatline!erict   EastEnders Maillist: eastender@flatline.UUCP