
The most common has a capacity of 1. $ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdc -t vfatĮrror mounting /dev/sdc: GDBus.Error. To format a floppy disk in Windows 95, 98, or Me: Determine the type of floppy disk. Apparently it is possible to format a regular 3.5 inch 1.44MB floppy disk as 2.88MB ED format with an IBM 2.88MB drive.

As it is recognized by all OSes with no problem but just do not want to read floppies.Īlso udisks generates same error. I’m starting to feel that it’s the actual drive problem. Step 4- Select the Format of File System and click on 'OK'. Select the floppy disk for which formatting is required. Note that an unformatted disk is 1.0 MB, hence why some disks will be labeled that. Also, check the disk used - DD Disk got only one hole in the corner. So check your OS as well as the drive if this combination is capable to handle 720K. Media, Drive and Driver need to be aware of that and supporting it. Step 3- Right-Click Floppy Disk and Click on Format. The Macintosh External Disk Drive is the original model in a series of external 3+12-inch floppy disk drives manufactured and sold by Apple Computer. The Macintosh (as well as Apple IIgs) write to the disks differently than DOS systems, so can fit 800 KB on to a disk, rather than DOSs 720 KB. This means different timing, even if MFM is used for both. It will not fulfill my project (as I need a modern PC) but at last I will test if this drive works.ĮDIT: Knoppix 8.2 w/ 4.16.5 kernel gives me exact same errors. You can also open disk management by typing 'diskmgmt.msc' in the run dialogue box. What if I test some very old Knoppix? Those days floppies were still around. And I need USB as non of my computers (even servers) do not have floppy connection (it wasn’t ATA as I recall but still I only have SATA and SAS connectors). The 3.5 floppy drive format is the size in common use, and the common cable in general use will not have the 5.25 drive connectors.


I read a lot here and there and most Linux programs do not support USB drives.
