Contains:

1. superformat: formats high capacity disks (up to 1992k for high density disks or up to 3984k for extra density disks);
2. fdmount: automatically mounts/unmounts disks when they are inserted/removed;
3. xdfcopy: formats, reads and writes OS/2's XDF disks;
4. MAKEFLOPPIES: creates the floppy devices in /dev;
5. getfdprm: prints the current disk geometry (number of sectors, track and heads etc.);
6. setfdprm: sets the current disk geometry;
7. fdrawcmd: sends raw commands to the floppy driver;
8. floppycontrol: configures the floppy driver;
9. general documentation about the floppy driver.

• Make sure the right drive type and maximum capacity of that drive are set correctly in the BIOS. Failing to do so might result in the drive not being recognised and / or post errors like “Floppy disk(s) fail (40)” occuring
• The dual drive cable:
  • The end, seen from the motherboard, of the floppy / diskette drive cable goes, partially twisted, in the connector on the end of the cable. The drive connected to this connector is the A diskette / floppy drive
  • The drive connected to the connector in the “middle” of the cable is the B diskette / floppy drive
  • The connector on the other end of the cable goes into the connector on the motherboard
• The connector of 3½“ drives has a notch to orient it. The red band on the cable is oriented to the outside of the drive. The connector can have a notch inside the connector
• The connector of 5¼” drives has the red band on the cable oriented to the outside of the drive or PCB¹⁾. The connector can have a notch inside the connector

This is tested on Debian Wheezy
Add

/dev/fd0        /mnt/diskette   auto    rw,user,owner,noauto	0	0

To

/etc/fstab

And reboot (Is the necessary?)
Mount with

udisks --mount /dev/fd0

Unmount with

umount /mnt/diskette

Get access to a diskette drive over the network

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