Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:25:34 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: How to format a disk in an USB-Floppy-drive |
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> How do I actually low-level format a floppy disk in an USB-Floppy-Disk-Drive? > > I tried as with usual drives, using fdformat: > > [~]>fdformat /dev/sdd > Could not determine current format type: Invalid argument > > But setting the format failed as well: > [~]>setfdprm -p /dev/sdd 1440/1440 > ioctl: Invalid argument > > Next up scsifmt: > > [~]>./scsifmt /dev/sdd fmt > scsifmt: non-sense ioctl error > > Didn't work too well, too. Any ideas?
Does not mkfs suffice?
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