[mtools] Re: 'mformat' .vs. 'mkfs.vfat' on 230Mb MO

[Alec Voropay]

Hi!

 It seems, I have found the source of difference.
Nor 'mformat' nor 'mksfs.vfat' can't determine
_real_ Geometry of SCSI MO.

 I found one MS-DOS factory formatted 230Mb MO
media, it shows me :

address@hidden:~# minfo m:
device information:
===================
filename="/dev/sdc"
sectors per track: 25
heads: 1
cylinders: 17853

mformat command line: mformat -t 17853 -h 1 -s 25 m:
....

 It seems, it's more close to reality (no geometry
translation), the real Fujitsu drive has only _1_ head.
:-)


P.S. I will try to setup real geometry via
Linux kernel LILO boot line:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-10
        label=linux
        read-only
        root=/dev/sda1
        append="sdc=17853,1,25"

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