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Formatting a New Diskette
You must always format a new floppy diskette with the mediainit
utility before using it. To format a new floppy diskette follow these
steps:
1. Log in as root.
2. Make sure that the write-protect tab on the floppy diskette is in
the write position, as shown in Figure 5–1.
3. Insert the diskette into the floppy disk drive.
4. Click on the Terminal Control on the Front Panel of your
Workspace.
A terminal window opens.
5. Move the mouse cursor into the terminal window and click the
left mouse button.
6. Execute mediainit with an interleave of 2 by entering the fol-
lowing:
mediainit –i 2 /dev/rfloppy/c201d0s0 Enter
Transferring Data To and From a Floppy Diskette
This section describes how to transfer data to and from your floppy
diskette (saving and restoring) using the HP-UX tar command with
your floppy drive’s device file.
You need to set the write protect tab to the write position to transfer
data to the diskette. The write-protect tab can be in either position
when restoring data from a diskette or listing the files on a diskette.
The tar (tape file archiv-
er) command saves files
to a floppy diskette, re-
stores files from a floppy
diskette, or lists files on
a floppy diskette.