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Commands to create blank floppies

  • fallocate -l 1440k blank144.img (creates common 1.44 MB floppy image)
  • fallocate -l 1200k blank12.img (creates 1.2 MB floppy image)
  • fallocate -l 2880k blank288.img (creates 2.88 MB floppy image)
  • fallocate -l 720k blank720.img (creates 720k floppy image)
  • fallocate -l 360k blank360.img (creates 360k floppy image)

Commands to format floppies

  • mkfs.fat -I -F 12 -n LABEL fat.img (Standard FAT12 format)
  • mkfs.minix minix.img (Minix)
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