---
name: "gfloppy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-utils"
version: "2.20.0.1-3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gfloppy"
---

# gfloppy(1)

a simple floppy formatter for the GNOME

## NAME

gfloppy - a simple floppy formatter for the GNOME

## SYNOPSIS

**gfloppy**

or select **Floppy Formatter** from the **System** submenu of the Applications menu.

or right click on the floppy icon on your desktop and select **Floppy Formatter**

## DESCRIPTION

**gfloppy** is a simple floppy formatter for Linux.  It supports the DOS format and the ext2 file system.  In order to create DOS floppies you need to have the mtools package installed.

For full documentation see the **Floppy Formatter** online help.

## OPTIONS

In addition to the standard GNOME options **gfloppy** supports the following one.

- **--device=***DEVICE*

  The device to format (instead of */dev/floppy/0*or*/dev/fd0*).

## AUTHOR

**Floppy Formatter** was written by Jonathan Blandford (\<jrb@redhat.com\>).

This manual page was written by Jochen Voss \<voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de\>.

## SEE ALSO

[**mformat**(1)](/mformat/1.md), [**fdformat**(8)](/fdformat/8.md), **superformat**(8), and the **fdutils** info manual