how do I format a USB floppy?

[savsav]

Formatting a floppy in a computer's internal floppy drive is easy.

Formatting a floppy in an external USB floppy drive is NOT easy.

Help, please!

[dibl]

Re: how do I format a USB floppy?

I haven't done it, actually.

However, I think I perceive your problem -- there is no deterministic way to know the device ID when you plug something into the USB bus. So, you're going to have to ID the diskette drive first, then issue the mkfs command to that device (and don't plug or unplug anything else until the formatting is done).

So, in the Konsole,

fdisk -lu

will list your drive-like devices.

Then the formatting command to the device that is presently holding your diskette is done as per:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-f...ux-filesystem/



EDIT: Make it DOS/FAT or ext2, not ext3.

[savsav]

Re: how do I format a USB floppy?

Your suggestion will probably work but it is - way - too complicated.

Isn't there an easier way?

[toad]

Re: how do I format a USB floppy?

Use gparted. That is how I always do it.