casterakp.blogg.se - Mac floppy disk format

You can also choose to create an MS-DOS startup disk, which is useful if you're troubleshooting an older machine, but you won't be able to use the disk for storage. The speed gains for quick formatting a floppy disk are negligible, so you're probably best leaving this unchecked. Remember that formatting a floppy disk will erase all existing data, so ensure that you have a backup if necessary. For example, 'sudo mkfs.msdos /dev/fd0' will format the floppy disk as MS-DOS FAT.

You can select "Quick Format" to format the disk quicker, but the data will not be securely deleted. Formatting on Mac: Connect the floppy disk drive to your Mac.

Volume label - Choose a name for the disk that will appear when it is inserted.

Allocation unit size - This should be set to Default allocation size.

FAT is supported on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Most users can leave this as is, unless you are formatting the disk for use with a specific file system.

File system - This should be set to FAT.

Capacity - This should be set to 3.5", 1.44 MB.

I have a USB floppy drive, but Windows doesnt understand the Macintosh formatted disk, and macOS doesnt recognise the drive at all. The issue is getting those files onto something modern.

You can use this window to choose your format settings before beginning. I can copy them onto a floppy, but only if I format the disk for Macintosh - if I format it as DOS, I cant copy anything onto it. To create boot disks for a apple 512k macintosh I had to take a 1.44MB floppy, tape the hole to make it into a 720KB floppy, and then format the floppy as an APPLE floppy and not a PC floppy with a superdrive equipped old world g3 mac tower running osx 10.3. Select "Format" and choose your settings.