Format a Floppy Disk

1. Open up a console and, as root, type

fdisk /dev/fd0

2. Type d to delete partitions. If it says "Selected partition 1" go to next step.
If it says "partition number: 1-4" type 1 and repeat for all partitions.

3. Type o to create a new empty DOS partition table

4. Type n to create a new partition and then p (primary partition). Select 1 as the partition number and press [ENTER] to accept the default values for first cylinder and last cylinder.

5. Type w to save the changes and exit fdisk