linux-kernel - Re: How to format a disk in an USB-Floppy-drive

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Date:	Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:25:34 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Christian Schmidt <lkml@...add.de>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to format a disk in an USB-Floppy-drive


> 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?


	-`J'
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