In addition, for low level formatting on USB attached floppy drives you will need ufiformat AUR. There are two packages in the Arch package repository related with floppy disks:
In such case, it could be loaded with the following command: The floppy module might not be loaded by default. USB floppy drives do not need this as they appear as standard USB mass storage devices. The module floppy is used as a driver for floppy drives (for classical floppy controllers). Most of the floppy drives should be supported by stock kernel. Floppy disks are read and written by a floppy disk drive (FDD).Ĭommon tasks with floppy disks are described bellow, with available tools to accomplish them.
(Discuss in Talk:Floppy disks)Ī floppy disk, also called a diskette, is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles. Reason: Cover fdformat(8) and recovering a "dead" floppy.
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