(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kfloppy Version: KDE 3.0.0 Severity: normal Installed from: RedHat RPMs Compiler: Not Specified OS: Not Specified OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified kfloppy gives the following message when I click the "Format" button: "Cannot fromat: /dev/fd0H1440 /dev/fd0H1440: No such device or address" I have an LS-120 Superdisk Drive (IDE Floppy Drive not via Floppy Control) which happens to be /dev/hdd instead. Please fix kfloppy to support IDE floppy drives. thanx (Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
It is the same story for ls-240 drives as well
confirmed with 3.2
Does it work if you use the fdformat program by hand with the right device? (KFloppy uses fdformat for low-level formatting.) Normally it is called like: fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 (Be careful, it erases everything on the floppy.) So it would be good to check if it would work and whit which device. Have a nice day!
*** Bug 81334 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 76639 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
When formating floppy from the KFLOPPY an error is recieved: (translating to english) Cannot access /dev/fd0H1440. Make sure that the device is avaiable and that you have rights to write. When trying to use the console: fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 /dev/fd0H1440: No such file or directory KDE 3.2 Mandrake 10.1 beta2 No problems in formating this floppy under Windows 98 (I have 2 systems) What can i do?
What kind of floppy is this? (The problem of /dev/fd* is that is for real floppies only, so USB, IDE and so on does not work with such devices.) So the best would be that somebody tries to use fdformat in a way that it works with such a floppy and then it can be added to KFloppy. (If this is a real floppy, then see what devices of the kind /dev/fd0 you have. Choose one ending with 1440.) Have a nice day! On Thursday 02 September 2004 08:58, D.McABR wrote: (...) > When formating floppy from the KFLOPPY an error is recieved: > (translating to english) Cannot access /dev/fd0H1440. Make sure that the > device is avaiable and that you have rights to write. When trying to use > the console: > fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 > /dev/fd0H1440: No such file or directory > (...) > > What can i do?
Has anybody tried to format such non-legacy drive (IDE, USB...) with mformat or superformat? (If it would work, it could be a path to a solution.) Have a nice day!
SVN commit 410381 by goutte: Allow the user to enter a device name for a device that should be formatted: - It only works for quick format - It is far from being user friendly to have to type a device name. - There is no check of what the device really is (as less as the high-level formatting programs like mkdosfs do check.) - It is Linux only, as BSD seems to always need the block count of the device. This opens ways to support non-legacy floppies as asked in bug #42002 (However it does not solve how to low-level format such floppies.) CCBUG:42002 (Linux only) M +82 -28 trunk/KDE/kdeutils/kfloppy/floppy.cpp M +27 -7 trunk/KDE/kdeutils/kfloppy/format.cpp M +10 -4 trunk/KDE/kdeutils/kfloppy/format.h
Is this bug still present in a recent version of KDE, such as 3.5.8 or KDE 4 RC2?
Closing due to no response. Please reopen if this bug can be reproduced with KDE >= 4.0.1