I'm trying to create a NASLite floppy, I run Ubuntu 6.06 (And XP), but it won't work, the instructions are: To make a bootable NASLite v1.x floppy disk in Linux use the following: gunzip NASLite.img.gz fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 dd if=NASLite.img of=/dev/fd0u1722 which is fine, BUT, anytime I try to fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 (for 1722KB format) it says "No such file or directory" - how can I create this floppy? (I'm rather new to Linux, so forgive me if this rather newbie-ish)

My first question is: Are you formatting the fd as a regular user? If you are, try it as root. Administrative activities usually require root access in most Linux distributions. Second question: Is fdformat installed on your computer? In a terminal window do 'locate fdformat' (no quotes). If it is not found, install with the Ubuntu package manager (I think the GUI program is Adept). To find the correct package to install, enter 'fdformat' (no quotes) in the search box at the top of the window. As you type it in, the package list gets shorter until only the package containing the file remains. HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790 ICQ 41060744

Yes, I have it installed, I have no problem formatting to normal 1.4MB/1440KB capacity, just not the 1.7MB/1722KB. Generally I wouldn't care about floppy disks but NASLite needs it.

You might try Winimage or Maxidisk on your Windows machine. FWIW floppy-based systems are only as good as floppy disks, which are trash nowadays. Having your storage depend on one is NOT a good idea. If you want reliability I suggest an IDE adapter and a Compact Flash card. They are dirt cheap nowadays. NASlite will run from CF, as will other distros.

If you had read the manpage of fdformat you would have found the following: The generic floppy devices, /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1, will fail to work with fdformat when a non-standard format is being used, or if the format has not been autodetected earlier. In this case, use setfdprm(8) to load the disk parameters.