Even added myself to floppy group and it made no difference. Format fails due to read-only but disk does not have READ-ONLY tab slid to that position.
** Attachment added: "format fails due to read only" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/719013/+attachment/5856314/+files/Screenshot%20from%202025-02-10%2015-27-21.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/719013 Title: Unable to high level format LS-120 Super Floppy Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: No matter what you do, you cannot high level format a Super Floppy. It's a rather unbelievable situation since FreeBSD seems to have provided a driver back in 1998 or earlier. http://configure.sh/FreeBSD/ls120.html Ver 1.5 Add ioctl to format LS-120/ZIP We should be able to DOS format a Super Floppy. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: roland 1990 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: roland 1990 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfcef4000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S' Components : 'HDA:11060397,18490397,00100000' Controls : 44 Simple ctrls : 22 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfea7c000 irq 19' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 0b HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de000b,10de0101,00100200' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 4 CurrentDmesg: [ 22.428152] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 22.585071] postgres (1297): /proc/1297/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/1297/oom_score_adj instead. [ 27.994190] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1811) terminated with status 1 [ 33.376028] eth0: no IPv6 routers present DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=abefb28c-61b1-4a07-bb87-2f7ef11d1bc8 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic root=UUID=af00b7b0-5575-47ed-8332-14a310877307 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-26-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-26-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: Tags: precise Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo WifiSyslog: dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.60 dmi.board.name: A770DE+ dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.60:bd05/20/2010:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnA770DE+:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/719013/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
