I, actually, used unetbootin and squeeze live cd and it worked great for me. Just make sure to format the usb fat32 before using unetbootin.
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:47:30 -0500 (EST), Wayne Topa wrote: >> >> Not having a usb floppy I am just throwing this out there >> >> Have you installed the ufiformat package? A search of the package >> lists only show that (might) be helpful. > > Thanks for the suggestion, Wayne, but I need to crawl before I > can walk. Right now, I can't even shove a floppy into the drive > without the kernel going bananas. From my research, this is > looking more and more like a bug. This specific model of USB > floppy drive was known to work under Etch. See > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2005/07/msg00207.html > > I've never known Linux to remove support for a USB device once > it has been added. Does anyone, anywhere, have a working USB > floppy drive under Debian Squeeze? If so, I'd like to know about > it, and what you did to get it working. For the record, here > is the output of "lsusb -v" for the device: > > ----- > > Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0644:0000 TEAC Corp. Floppy > Device Descriptor: > bLength 18 > bDescriptorType 1 > bcdUSB 2.00 > bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) > bDeviceSubClass 0 > bDeviceProtocol 0 > bMaxPacketSize0 8 > idVendor 0x0644 TEAC Corp. > idProduct 0x0000 Floppy > bcdDevice 0.00 > iManufacturer 1 TEAC > iProduct 2 TEAC FD-05PUB > iSerial 0 > bNumConfigurations 1 > Configuration Descriptor: > bLength 9 > bDescriptorType 2 > wTotalLength 39 > bNumInterfaces 1 > bConfigurationValue 1 > iConfiguration 0 > bmAttributes 0x80 > (Bus Powered) > MaxPower 500mA > Interface Descriptor: > bLength 9 > bDescriptorType 4 > bInterfaceNumber 0 > bAlternateSetting 0 > bNumEndpoints 3 > bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage > bInterfaceSubClass 4 Floppy (UFI) > bInterfaceProtocol 0 Control/Bulk/Interrupt > iInterface 0 > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN > bmAttributes 2 > Transfer Type Bulk > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes > bInterval 0 > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptor Type 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT > bmAttributes 2 > Transfer Type Bulk > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes > bInterval 0 > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN > bmAttributes 3 > Transfer Type Interrupt > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes > bInterval 32 > Device Status: 0x0000 > (Bus Powered) > > ----- > > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` > `- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/1721749702.1050659.1298601140408.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinx3yE_2_937m=irgtanj4dfpgqww6v43-t_...@mail.gmail.com
