In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems. Especially when the Puppy Floppy Format utility thinks the FD is write protected.Īll this to say, and I have mentioned it before, is bionicpup 32 v8.0 19.Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk, memory card or USB flash drive for initial use. I am still dubious about the puppy formatting process using the terminal command. I've tested the puppy formatted FDs on the Win2k and all seems fine. I have an old Win2K laptop with a floppy disk drive and formatting the FD goes through a whole churning process with final option to label the FD. However the process is quick like a delete process instead of a full format process - you dont really hear any diskette churn (if you can follow what I mean). Before I could still access the diskette's contents after mounting it. The following command 'sudo mkfs.fat -a /dev/fd0 1440' now seems to work despite the error message that the "partition" is not found. left open.Īn odd thing after shutting down for the day and coming back to this. The write protection tab on the diskette was not engaged i.e.
Happy New Year ! and thanks! to all who replied. If memory serves me correctly, there will be a hole at the bottom LEFT (when viewing the back of the disk), for disks with 1.44 MB capacity, and if no hole exists on bottom LEFT, then the floppy is 720 KB. If you hold the floppy so you are looking at the back, then there will be a hole on the bottom LEFT that is used to tell the drive what the floppy disk's capacity is. Please note that the 3.5 inch floppies came in various capacities (the two most common were 720 KB and 1.44 MB. and you will be able to write to the floppy. If that's the case, then just put a small piece of opaque tape over the "hole" (where the slider switch was). Sometimes the little "slider switch" on 3.5" floppies were removed (to make the floppy permanently read-only). If the movable part of the tab is down, the disk is write-enabled. If the movable part of the sliding tab is up, so that there's a hole in that corner of the disk, the disk is write-protected. If you hold the disk so that the edge that goes into the drive is at the bottom, this should be in the top left corner. On one corner, there should be a sliding tab. To tell if a floppy disk is write-protected (locked), look at the underside of the disk (the part that's on the bottom when you put the disk in the drive). I assume you know this, but to make sure. I assume you are talking about the 3.5" floppies. Are you talking about 5.25" and 8" floppy discs or 3.5" floppies?
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