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3 Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
4 May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
8 :man manual: System Administration
9 :man source: util-linux {release-version}
15 fdformat - low-level format a floppy disk
19 *fdformat* [options] _device_
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):
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)
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)
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.
53 Start at the track _N_ (default is 0).
56 Stop at the track _N_.
58 *-r*, *--repair* _N_::
59 Try to repair tracks failed during the verification (max _N_ retries).
62 Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting.
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68 This utility does not handle USB floppy disk drives. Use *ufiformat*(8) instead.
72 mailto:almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch[Werner Almesberger]
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