Re: noob Question: How to format a floppy on a USB floppy disk drive (on RPi 4) ?

[Michael Cheponis <michael.cheponis%gmail.com@localhost>]

# scsictl sd1 format
/dev/rsd1: device had unknown status 4

The dd trick seems to work only if the diskette is pre-formatted.

great suggestions, thank you.  I'll keep whacking at this.

-Mike

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 9:11 AM Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:

michael.cheponis%gmail.com@localhost (Michael Cheponis) writes:

>I would think 'fdformat' would work, but...

>*arm64# ./fdformat -f /dev/rsd1
>*fdformat: Device `/dev/rsd1' does not support floppy formatting:
>Inappropriate ioctl for device*


Try 'scsictl sd1 format'.