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| 295b3979 | 1 | //po4a: entry man manual |
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2 | //// |
| 3 | Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) | |
| 4 | May be distributed under the GNU General Public License | |
| 5 | //// | |
| 6 | = fdformat(8) | |
| 7 | :doctype: manpage | |
| 8 | :man manual: System Administration | |
| 9 | :man source: util-linux {release-version} | |
| 10 | :page-layout: base | |
| 11 | :command: fdformat | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | == NAME | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | fdformat - low-level format a floppy disk | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | == SYNOPSIS | |
| 18 | ||
| 4d297435 | 19 | *fdformat* [options] _device_ |
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20 | |
| 21 | == DESCRIPTION | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | *fdformat* does a low-level format on a floppy disk. _device_ is usually one of the following (for floppy devices the major = 2, and the minor is shown for informational purposes only): | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | .... | |
| 26 | /dev/fd0d360 (minor = 4) | |
| 27 | /dev/fd0h1200 (minor = 8) | |
| 28 | /dev/fd0D360 (minor = 12) | |
| 29 | /dev/fd0H360 (minor = 12) | |
| 30 | /dev/fd0D720 (minor = 16) | |
| 31 | /dev/fd0H720 (minor = 16) | |
| 32 | /dev/fd0h360 (minor = 20) | |
| 33 | /dev/fd0h720 (minor = 24) | |
| 34 | /dev/fd0H1440 (minor = 28) | |
| 35 | .... | |
| 36 | .... | |
| 37 | /dev/fd1d360 (minor = 5) | |
| 38 | /dev/fd1h1200 (minor = 9) | |
| 39 | /dev/fd1D360 (minor = 13) | |
| 40 | /dev/fd1H360 (minor = 13) | |
| 41 | /dev/fd1D720 (minor = 17) | |
| 42 | /dev/fd1H720 (minor = 17) | |
| 43 | /dev/fd1h360 (minor = 21) | |
| 44 | /dev/fd1h720 (minor = 25) | |
| 45 | /dev/fd1H1440 (minor = 29) | |
| 46 | .... | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | The generic floppy devices, _/dev/fd0_ and _/dev/fd1_, will fail to work with *fdformat* when a non-standard format is being used, or if the format has not been autodetected earlier. In this case, use *setfdprm*(8) to load the disk parameters. | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | == OPTIONS | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | *-f*, *--from* _N_:: | |
| 299604dd | 53 | Start at the track _N_ (default is 0). |
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54 | |
| 55 | *-t*, *--to* _N_:: | |
| 299604dd | 56 | Stop at the track _N_. |
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57 | |
| 58 | *-r*, *--repair* _N_:: | |
| 299604dd | 59 | Try to repair tracks failed during the verification (max _N_ retries). |
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60 | |
| 61 | *-n*, *--no-verify*:: | |
| 299604dd | 62 | Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting. |
| c6a568fc | 63 | |
| 2b2d3172 | 64 | include::man-common/help-version.adoc[] |
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65 | |
| 66 | == NOTES | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | This utility does not handle USB floppy disk drives. Use *ufiformat*(8) instead. | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | == AUTHORS | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | mailto:almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch[Werner Almesberger] | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | == SEE ALSO | |
| 75 | ||
| 76 | *fd*(4), | |
| 77 | *emkfs*(8), | |
| 78 | *mkfs*(8), | |
| 79 | *setfdprm*(8), | |
| 80 | *ufiformat*(8) | |
| 81 | ||
| 625e9c61 | 82 | include::man-common/bugreports.adoc[] |
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| 625e9c61 | 84 | include::man-common/footer.adoc[] |
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85 | |
| 86 | ifdef::translation[] | |
| 625e9c61 | 87 | include::man-common/translation.adoc[] |
| c6a568fc | 88 | endif::[] |