Problems with formatting floppy under System V/386

[HC Johnson]

In article <2112 at osc.COM>, rp at osc.COM (Rich Patterson) writes:
> Hi,
> 	I've had some problems formatting floppy disks(1.2M) under System V/386.
> If I format a disk using format and then try to cpio I get a write failure.
> If the disk was formatted under DOS then I can read/write the disk with
> no problems.  I have no problem reading or writing archives from floppies that

Remember to format the whole floppy.  In your case, f0q15dt.
You then have the choice of outputting your cpio to f0, f0q15d; or f0t, f0q15dt.
If you only format f0q15d, and try to use f0 (or installpkg) then
there is no correct information in track 0 for the driver to key onto.

P.S. use format /dev/rdsk/f0q15dt, not the face menu.  It likes to get 
confused when formatting a disk, that is not already formatted.  Just my
opinion.

Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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