Debian bug report logs - #1355 mformat does not work Package: mtools ; Reported by: Andi Kleen ; 48 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From WI.LeidenUniv.NL!jdassen Wed Sep 13 07:47:39 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sst66-000F0fC; Wed, 13 Sep 95 07:47 PDT Received: from mailhost.WI.LeidenUniv.NL (zeus128.wi.leidenuniv.nl) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22639 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 13 Sep 1995 07:47:07 -0700 Received: from ind156a.wi.leidenuniv.nl (jdassen@ind156a [132.229.128.220]) by mailhost.WI.LeidenUniv.NL (8.6.10a/FHM-1.20-M) with ESMTP id QAA24263 Wed, 13 Sep 1995 16:46:33 +0200 (MET) From: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen) Organization: Leiden University, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands Received: from (jdassen@localhost) by ind156a.wi.leidenuniv.nl (8.6.9/FHM-1.03-S) id OAA14534 Wed, 13 Sep 1995 14:46:32 GMT (MET) Message-Id: <199509131446.OAA14534@ind156a.wi.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: Re: Bug#1355: mformat does not work To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com, debian-bugs@Pixar.com Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 16:46:31 +0200 (MDT) In-Reply-To: <9509131414.AA01912@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> from "Bill Mitchell" at Sep 13, 95 07:14:28 am Return-Receipt-To: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL X-Home-Page: X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 (modified)] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 452 > I'll leave this bug report open because the error message could > certainly be better. I remember an announcement a couple of weeks ago of a new, totally rewritten, version of mtools. Maybe this has been fixed in that version? Ray -- ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old. I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking his name in vain. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1355 ; Package mtools . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Wed Sep 13 07:16:28 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sssbm-000FbTC; Wed, 13 Sep 95 07:16 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21832 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 13 Sep 1995 07:15:58 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id JAA06482; Wed, 13 Sep 1995 09:14:44 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with SMTP id JAA22545; Wed, 13 Sep 1995 09:14:42 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA27158; Wed, 13 Sep 95 07:14:40 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA01912; Wed, 13 Sep 95 07:14:28 PDT Date: Wed, 13 Sep 95 07:14:28 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9509131414.AA01912@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com, andi@mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de Subject: Re: Bug#1355: mformat does not work Andi Kleen said: > mformat does not work. > > How to repeat: > > # mdir A: > [ correct directory listing ] > # mformat A: > Non-removable media is not supported > # > > I had expected it to format the disk in the A: drive. I'll leave this bug report open because the error message could certainly be better. Mtools can try multiple disk geometries to read a disk, but needs to know which one you really want to use in order to write on a disk. You can provide this info to mformat manually: SYNOPSIS mformat [ -t tracks ] [ -h heads ] [ -s sectors ] [ -l volume label ] drive: or you can provide information specific to your hardware configuration by editing /etc/mtools.ref. There are examples in that file. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1355 ; Package mtools . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From maja.mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de!andi Tue Sep 12 14:38:41 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0ssd2G-000F3PC; Tue, 12 Sep 95 14:38 PDT Received: from cd1.lrz-muenchen.de (cd1-fddi.lrz-muenchen.de) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22025 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 12 Sep 1995 14:38:08 -0700 Received: from maja.mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de by cd1.lrz-muenchen.de; Tue, 12 Sep 95 23:37:56 +0200 Received: from maja.mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by maja.mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA05357 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 23:37:55 +0200 Message-Id: <199509122137.XAA05357@maja.mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: mformat does not work Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 23:37:54 +0200 From: Andi Kleen Package: mtools Version: 2.0.7 12 mformat does not work. How to repeat: # mdir A: [ correct directory listing ] # mformat A: Non-removable media is not supported # I had expected it to format the disk in the A: drive. I am using Debian 0.93A, kernel version 1.3.25 and libc 4.6.27. -Andi ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Andi Kleen : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1355 ; Package mtools . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov