Couldn't format a floppy

Subject: Couldn't format a floppy
From: Praveen Mishra (pmishra@mum.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 13:10:11 MST

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Hi folks!

Using Kfloppy,
When trying to use Kfloppy to format a disk, no matter what floppy I use,
no matter what settings I choose ( HD or DD, 3.5 or 5.5 ) being super user
or not, it just doesn't work.

The message I get is :
Cannot format /dev/fd0H1440
/dev/fd0H1440 : no such device.

I tried adding /dev/fd0H1440 to /etc/fstab but it didn't help.
Could you please enlighten me on this?
Thanks
Praveen.

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