It turns out you need to run the Open Windows File Manage
r (File -> rename floppy) to relabel the floppy on a Solaris 2.3 system.
Or you can also use :
mlabel from the GNU mtools will do this...
Thanks to all who responded
Marina
ORIGINAL QUESTION
>
> Sorry if I have missed something obvious but how do you give a floppy
> a specific name using solaris 2.3?
>
> The fdformat command doesn't have this option in Solaris 2.3 although
> it does on Solaris 2.4. Is there some way to get around this using
> Solaris 2.3?
>
> Marina
>
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