disk-utils/fdformat.8.adoc

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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
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   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
  19 *fdformat* [options] _device_
  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_::
  53 Start at the track _N_ (default is 0).
  54
  55 *-t*, *--to* _N_::
  56 Stop at the track _N_.
  57
  58 *-r*, *--repair* _N_::
  59 Try to repair tracks failed during the verification (max _N_ retries).
  60
  61 *-n*, *--no-verify*::
  62 Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting.
  63
  64 include::man-common/help-version.adoc[]
  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
  82 include::man-common/bugreports.adoc[]
  83
  84 include::man-common/footer.adoc[]
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