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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
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Subject: fdformat usb floppy disks not supported on 6.x ?
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is there any way to fdformat a floppy connected
through usb ?

	luigi# fdformat da0
	fdformat: not a floppy disk: /dev/da0

i am running a RELENG_6 from Dec.23 sources, and
the device is the following:

Dec 26 17:12:09 luigi kernel: umass0: MITSUMI MITSUMI USB FDD, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 2
Dec 26 17:12:09 luigi kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
Dec 26 17:12:09 luigi kernel: da0: <MITSUMI USB FDD 1033> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device 
Dec 26 17:12:09 luigi kernel: da0: 1.000MB/s transfers

	cheers
	luigi