Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932816AbWKSSou (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:44:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932825AbWKSSou (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:44:50 -0500 Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:20741 "EHLO 1wt.eu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932816AbWKSSou (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:44:50 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:44:36 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Christian Schmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to format a disk in an USB-Floppy-drive Message-ID: <20061119184436.GC577@1wt.eu> References: <456081CE.9090205@digadd.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1021 Lines: 35 On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 07:25:34PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > 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? No, he's talking about low-level format. This is necessary before writing anything on a floppy for the first time or after defects have been detected (remember these old ages ?). Cheers, Willy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/