No high level format for LS-120

[yyyc186]

I'm running 10.10, but this seems to be an ongoing problem. While every other OS on the planet seems to be able to high level format LS-120 super floppies in their IDE drive, Linux can't. DR DOS can. OS/2 can. Windows 98 forward can.

We aren't talking low level format here. We are talking "quick" format where a new FAT and label are written to the media along with the high level markings/surface scan.

I can load a disk, copy to it, delete from it, but cannot perform a high level format.

[yyyc186]

It appears FreeBSD addressed this issue back in 1998 or so? How come it hasn't bubbled out to others?

http://configure.sh/FreeBSD/ls120.html

[inobe]

it being discontinued might not have nothing to do with it?

[matt_symes]

Hi

I have never used an LS-120 so this may be totally incorrect but can you not format it with


mkdosfs

or one of the other variants (mkfs.vfat) ?

Kind regards