Without DEVICE argument, list USB floppy disk devices i, -inquire show device information, instead of performing format F, -force do not perform any safety checks V, -verify verify the medium after formatting Without -f option, the format of the current media will be used f, -format specify format capacity SIZE in KB The ufiformat utility is straightforward to use: root # ufiformat -helpįormat a floppy disk in a USB floppy disk DEVICE. Therefore, in the ebuild the HOMEPAGE and SRC_URI variables need to be changed – see the update at the end of this blog post. I have updated the link in the paragraph above accordingly. UPDATE (2 November 2019): As of March 31, 2019, Yahoo! Geocities service has been discontinued, so the ufiformat repository has been moved to GitHub. # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2ĭESCRIPTION="USB Floppy Disk formatting tool" A Gentoo Linux ebuild for Version 0.9.9 of ufiformat is listed below, and it can be used in a local overlay under the category sys-fs: Note that the Linux floppy driver is not needed for USB floppy disk drives: root # grep -i CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD /usr/src/linux/.configĪ Linux utility named ufiformat is used to low-level format floppy disks in USB floppy disk drives. Once plugged in to a USB port on my laptop, the lsusb command shows the device has been recognised: Bus 001 Device 013: ID 03ee:6901 Mitsumi SmartDisk FDD I was pleased to discover that it does, and below are some notes on how to use it in case anyone else needs to use one of these devices. So I dug out the SmartDisk USB drive to see if it would work with the current Gentoo Linux installation on my newest laptop. The label on the drive gives the manufacturer and model as ‘SmartDisk: FDUSB-TM2, Mitsumi Model #: D353FUE’.Īnyway, today I wanted to throw out some 720KB DD (Double Density) and 1440KB HD (High Density) 3.5″ floppy disks but first needed to check their contents and wipe them. Back in 2004 I needed to get some files off my old 3.5″ floppy disks, so I bought an external USB floppy disk drive to use with a laptop running Windows XP.
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