MO drive (magneto-optical)

Support knowledgebase (mo2048)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.1
Kernel: Versions since 2.2.0

Request:

You want to use a MO medium with 2048 bytes size sectors. Typically this are 640MB or 1,3 GB media.

Proceed:

Use the following command to partition and format a medium with a 2048 bytes size sectors:

fdisk -b 2048 /dev/sda

Note to replace /dev/sda with the device file of your MO drive.

Now you have to format the created partition with a filesystem. Therefore you need the command

mke2fs -d 2048 /dev/sda1

This example creates an ext2 filesystem on the first partition of the inserted MO medium.

Notice: Possibly media formatted under Windows with FAT16 or FAT32 cannot be read.


Keywords: MO, MAGNETO, OPTICAL, DRIVE, 2048

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