Appendix A. Needed External Programs

As already written earlier in this handbook, Kfloppy works with the help of external programs to do the different formatting tasks.

If one of the programs is missing, Kfloppy tries to work nevertheless. However the corresponding option will not be available.

fdformat: This program is needed for low-level formatting, on Linux® and on BSD™. If it is missing, Full format will be disabled.
dd: This program is needed for zeroing-out, on Linux® and on BSD™. If it is missing, Zero out and quick format will be disabled.
mkdosfs: This program is needed for DOS formatting, on Linux®.
newfs_msdos: This program is needed for DOS formatting, on BSD™.
newfs: This program is needed for UFS formatting, on BSD™.
mke2fs: This program is needed for ext2 formatting, on Linux® and on BSD™.
mkfs.minix: This program is needed for Minix™ formatting, on Linux®.