#!/bin/sh # Formats a 1440Kb DOS floppy disk. TITLE="HD floppy DOS format" # Change the following variable to suit your system: DEVICE="/dev/fd0u1440" MAX_TRACK=79 # This changes depending on your language... FDFORMAT_MSG_LENGTH=87 fdformat -n $DEVICE | \ Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --no-close \ --progress "Please wait while low-level formatting...\n\n" 0 0 \ $MAX_TRACK $FDFORMAT_MSG_LENGTH ( mkdosfs $DEVICE 2>/dev/null ; echo "XXXX" ) | Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --no-close --no-buttons \ --infobox "Making the DOS filesystem..." 0 0 0 Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --msgbox "All done !" 0 0