Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933041AbWKSTQU (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:16:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933042AbWKSTQU (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:16:20 -0500 Received: from emailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.24]:5340 "EHLO emailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933041AbWKSTQT (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:16:19 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:15:31 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Willy Tarreau cc: Christian Schmidt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to format a disk in an USB-Floppy-drive In-Reply-To: <20061119184436.GC577@1wt.eu> Message-ID: References: <456081CE.9090205@digadd.de> <20061119184436.GC577@1wt.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 854 Lines: 28 On Nov 19 2006 19:44, Willy Tarreau wrote: >On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 07:25:34PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> > [~]>./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 ?). Yeah but the scsi *disk* driver does not seem to handle *floppy* requests (just as it does not handle *cdrom* ioctls). I sense a Missing Feature here. -`J' -- - 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/