Re: floppy formatting

From: Grant Edwards (grante_at_visi.com)
Date: 12/19/03 

Date: 19 Dec 2003 15:34:19 GMT

On 2003-12-19, mjt <mjtobler@ERASE-THISmail.ru> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 00:39:35 -0500, Silviu Minut <silviu@orion.attbi.com> wrote:
>
>> I know how to format the floppy if the drive is internal. I do
>> fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
>>
>> This doesn't work on an external USB drive though. I'm not even
>> sure it can be formatted, with the usb drivers in kernel 2.4.22.

As of a few months ago, my research indicated that you can't
format a USB floppy under Linux. If anybody knows otherwise,
please post a pointer.

> ... sorry, i wasnt thinking about the usb thing. i googled
> for "format usb floppy" and the very first hit took me to
> a archived disc-thread and then to here:
>
> http://users.actrix.gen.nz/michael/usbmount.html
>
> ... see if that helps

Nope. It doesn't mention anything about formatting USB
floppies. It does use the word "format" several times, but it
isn't referring to formatting a disk surface. It's referring to
creating a filesystem in an existing partition -- a mis-usage
left over from DOS days where there was only a single utility
(called "format") that did both tasks. 

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