One can use the mformat command to format 1.44 MB floppies in DOS
format (readable by PC's running Windows and all Athena platforms). 

To do type at the athena prompt:

add mtools; mformat a:

One can also format floppies for use on Macintosh workstations, by
typing

add hfstools; hformat devicename
 
where devicename is /dev/fd0 on Linux workstations,
/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 on Sun workstations, and /dev/rdsk/fds0d2.3.5
on SGI O2's

If you're having problems doing this on Sun workstations, you might
try typing "volcheck" at the athena prompt, and starting over.


Last updated: 4/18/2002