Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2017, 20:54:02 schrieb Wolfgang Bauer: > But the difference is probably the '-I' option, adding this would of course > be simple... > For the record, this is what the man page says: > -I It is typical for fixed disk devices to be partitioned so, by > default, you are not permitted to create a filesystem across the entire > device. mkfs.fat will complain and tell you that it refuses to work. > This is different when using MO disks. One doesn't always need > partitions on MO disks. The filesystem can go directly to the whole disk. > Under other OSes this is known as the 'superfloppy' format. This switch > will force mkfs.fat to work properly. > > Shouldn't do any harm to use it even for "normal" floppy drives, I think.
Although, on second thought, this would probably suggest that that sdc device isn't even detected as removable disk, but as a fixed disk rather. I'm wondering if solid would actually report it as Floppy then...
