Gfloppy will not successfully format a completely blank disk
Bug #50685 reported by
SFS
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-utils |
Expired
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Medium
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gnome-utils (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
I have found that you cannot format a completely blank disk (one erased with a magnet) using Gfloppy or fdformat unless you use:
setfdprm -p /dev/fd0 1440/1440 and then format with Gfloppy.
I am surprised that the floppy density selection in Gfloppy doesn't set these parameters for you.
If I run the setfdprm -p /dev/fd0 1440/1440 command just before formatting in Gfloppy, everything works fine.
In other words, Linux pukes on a floppy that does not already have a recognizable file system unless you run setfdprm just before the format. Gfloppy should set this the floppy parameters based on the density chosen.
Changed in gnome-utils: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in gnome-utils: | |
importance: | Untriaged → Medium |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-utils: | |
importance: | Medium → Low |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-utils: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | New → Expired |
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