I just retested fdformat and superformat on one of the machines with current testing and kernel 2.6.32 .
fdformat fails in usual way as previously reported. superformat also fails, but maybe this result gives a clue:- ---------------------------------------------------------------- # superformat /dev/fd0 Measuring drive 0's raw capacity In order to avoid this time consuming measurement in the future, add the following line to /etc/driveprm: drive0: deviation=81832 CAUTION: The line is drive and controller specific, so it should be removed before installing a new drive 0 or floppy controller. Not enough raw space on this disk for this format # cat /etc/fdprm /dev/fd0 hd ----------------------------------------------------------------- These tests were done on an already formatted floppy: formatted by fdformat under an old redhat system. Thereis, of course, an strace on superformat above, although that run was a while ago, and produced slightly different results. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
