Using Your
Operating the Floppy Drive
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:
1Log in as root.
2Make sure that the
3Insert the diskette into the floppy disk drive.
4Click on the Terminal Control on the Front Panel of your Workspace.
Terminal Control
A terminal window opens.
5Move the mouse cursor into the terminal window and click the left mouse button.
6Execute mediainit with an interleave of 2 by entering the following:
mediainit
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