Roland, as per: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/719013/+attachment/3240047/+files/BootDmesg.txt
[ 2.049071] ata6: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xff08 irq 15 [ 2.057829] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M [ 2.075841] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 [ 2.212746] ata5.00: ATAPI: ATAPI iHAS124 B, AL0S, max UDMA/100 [ 2.212838] ata6.00: ATAPI: LS-120 CSMO 05 UHD Floppy, 0512C105, max PIO2 [ 2.228711] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100 [ 2.228817] ata6.00: configured for PIO2 and: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/111351182/UdevLog.txt KERNEL[18.607167] add /devices/platform/floppy.0 (platform) ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/platform/floppy.0 DRIVER=floppy MODALIAS=platform:floppy SEQNUM=1680 SUBSYSTEM=platform and: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/111351181/UdevDb.txt P: /devices/platform/floppy.0 E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/floppy.0 E: DRIVER=floppy E: MODALIAS=platform:floppy E: SUBSYSTEM=platform E: UDEV_LOG=3 P: /devices/platform/floppy.0/block/fd0 N: fd0 E: DEVNAME=/dev/fd0 E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/floppy.0/block/fd0 E: DEVTYPE=disk E: ID_DRIVE_FLOPPY=1 E: MAJOR=2 E: MINOR=0 E: SUBSYSTEM=block E: UDEV_LOG=3 E: UDISKS_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=1 E: USEC_INITIALIZED=18644554 UDEV_LOG=3 the kernel seems to have recognized the floppy drive, and in turn, your drive was mounted at /dev/fd0 . Could you please provide the full results of the following terminal command: sudo apt-get -y install fdutils && superformat -v 3 -B /dev/fd0 HD Should we not able to get this working, we would definitely want to have the upstream kernel tested as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/719013/comments/10 . Please disregard the request to test Quantal. As well, as a potential WORKAROUND, Fedora notes that one may format LS-120: http://linuxmanpages.net/manpages/fedora15/man8/floppy.8.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/719013 Title: Unable to high level format LS-120 Super Floppy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/719013/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
