How To Install Superformat In Debian, Ubuntu And Kali?

How To Install Superformat In Debian, Ubuntu And Kali?

superformat

Linux floppy utilities

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Maintainer: Matteo Cypriani
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Website: https://fdutils.linux.lu/
Section: utils

Install superformat

  • Debian apt-get install fdutils Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install fdutils Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install fdutils Click to copy

fdutils

Linux floppy utilities

This package contains utilities for formatting extra capacity disks, automatic floppy disk mounting and unmounting, etc. The package includes the following items: - superformat: formats high capacity disks (up to 1992k for high density disks or up to 3984k for extra density disks); - fdmount: automatically mounts/unmounts disks when they are inserted/removed; - xdfcopy: formats, reads and writes OS/2's XDF disks; - MAKEFLOPPIES: creates the floppy devices in /dev; - getfdprm: prints the current disk geometry (number of sectors, track and heads etc.); - setfdprm: sets the current disk geometry; - fdrawcmd: sends raw commands to the floppy driver; - floppycontrol: configures the floppy driver; - general documentation about the floppy driver. Note that these utilities do not work for USB floppy drives, because these do not allow direct access to the floppy controller.

Installation of latest superformat command is available for Debian, Ubuntu and Kali. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.