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Seeking mkdosfs for DOS floppy-formatting from within BL3.

Steven wrote
> There is no need to compile mkdosfs.
> The executable is in the bin.tgz package.
> I suggest you download that package from
> Slackware 4.0 (it's in the /slackware/a3
> directory) and unpack it (tar -zxvf) in
> a temporary directory.  Then go into the
> archive's sbin directory and copy mkdosfs
> into your BL3 /sbin directory

Did not find mkdosfs or other mkfs's within the downloaded and
unpacked bin.tgz , at least not using any of the four Slackware 4.0
mirrors visited which all had the complete /slackware/a3 diskset.
I DID find ‘apmd’, ‘crond’, ‘hdparm’, and ‘makewhatis’ in the
temporary ./sbin directory though.

Also found an interesting and possibly relevant program called
'rpm2targz' in the new temporary ./bin directory created from the
bin.tgz unpacking.
If this rpm2targz is usable, then maybe ‘mkdosfs’ or ‘dosfsutils’
could be converted into a Slackware 4.0-capable one from an an
equivalent rpm??
Any of you familiar with BL3 and Slackware 4.0 know where else and how
to obtain a working 'mkdosfs'??