To Format a Floppy Diskette on Linux Systems
To format media
is to prepare the media for use with a particular file system. You can use
the Floppy Formatter utility to format floppy diskettes.
Caution –
When you format media, you overwrite any existing information
on the media.
To format a floppy diskette, perform the following steps:
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Insert the diskette in the diskette drive.
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To access the Floppy Formatter utility,
click Launch, then choose Applications -> Utilities-> Floppy Formatter. A Floppy Formatter dialog
is displayed.
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Select your format options in the Floppy Formatter dialog. The following table describes the elements on the dialog:
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Dialog Element
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Description
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Floppy device
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Displays
the name of the floppy device.
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Floppy density
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Use the drop-down list to select the density
of the diskette. The density is the amount of data that the diskette can store.
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File system type
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Use
the drop-down list to select the type of file system in which you want to
format the diskette. Select one of the following options:
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Linux Native (ext 2): Select this option
to format a diskette for use on Linux systems. Most non-Linux systems cannot
read diskettes with this file system type.
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DOS (FAT): Select this option to format
a diskette for use on Windows systems. Most UNIX-based systems can read
diskettes with this file system type.
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Volume name
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Type the name of the diskette in this text box.
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Quick
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Select this option to create
only the file system on the diskette. A quick format does not check for bad
blocks.
Select this option if the diskette has been formatted
before.
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Standard
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Select this option to create the file system
on the diskette and format the diskette. A standard format does not check
for bad blocks.
Select this option if the diskette has not been
formatted before.
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Thorough
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Select this option to create the file system
on the diskette, check for bad blocks, and format the diskette.
Select this option if you want to verify that the diskette has not been damaged.
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Click Format to format the diskette.
