[Bug 50685] Gfloppy will not successfully format a completely blank disk

[SFS]

Public bug reported:

I have found that you cannot format a completely blank disk (one erased
with a magnet) using Gfloppy or fdformat unless you use:

setfdprm -p /dev/fd0 1440/1440 and then format with Gfloppy.

I am surprised that the floppy density selection in Gfloppy doesn't set
these parameters for you.

If I run the setfdprm -p /dev/fd0 1440/1440 command just before
formatting in Gfloppy, everything works fine.

In other words, Linux pukes on a floppy that does not already have a
recognizable file system unless you run setfdprm just before the format.
Gfloppy should set this the floppy parameters based on the density
chosen.

** Affects: gnome-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Gfloppy will not successfully format a completely blank disk
https://launchpad.net/bugs/50685