Public bug reported:
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.
** Affects: gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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Gfloppy will not successfully format a completely blank disk
https://launchpad.net/bugs/50685
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