Format usb floppy

How does one format a usb floppy? The floppy is on /dev/sda. I've tried stuff like: fdformat /dev/fd0 Gives error: /dev/fd0: No such device or address fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 /dev/fd0h1440: No such device or address fdformat /dev/sda Gives the error: Could not determine current format type: Invalid argument It looks like one should use setfdprm to fix the above problem. setfdprm -p /dev/sda 1440/1440 Gives the error: ioctl: Invalid argument setfdprm /dev/fd0 1440/1440 /dev/fd0: No such device or address I've been looking thru google hits and I can only find other people with the same problem. Has anyone solved this yet? Note: I can mount a floppy. In fact SUSE 9.3 mounts the floopy for me in /media/floppy. Rafe