tmpcms@eua.ericsson.se (Carl-Michael Skoog) writes:

: When I try to format a diskette under Linux (fdformat /dev/fd0) I get the
: message 'ioctl(FDGETPRM)'. Ideas?

Try it as root.  I got the same peoblem.  Are the format ioctl calls
restricted to root?
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