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.

Note

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®.