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FDFORMAT
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (8)
Updated: 1 February 1993
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NAME
fdformat - Low-level formats a floppy disk
SYNOPSIS
fdformat
[-n]
device
DESCRIPTION
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):
- /dev/fd0d360 (minor = 4)
/dev/fd0h1200 (minor = 8)
/dev/fd0D360 (minor = 12)
/dev/fd0H360 (minor = 12)
/dev/fd0D720 (minor = 16)
/dev/fd0H720 (minor = 16)
/dev/fd0h360 (minor = 20)
/dev/fd0h720 (minor = 24)
/dev/fd0H1440 (minor = 28)
/dev/fd1d360 (minor = 5)
/dev/fd1h1200 (minor = 9)
/dev/fd1D360 (minor = 13)
/dev/fd1H360 (minor = 13)
/dev/fd1D720 (minor = 17)
/dev/fd1H720 (minor = 17)
/dev/fd1h360 (minor = 21)
/dev/fd1h720 (minor = 25)
/dev/fd1H1440 (minor = 29)
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.
OPTIONS
- -n
-
No verify. This option will disable the verification that is performed
after the format.
SEE ALSO
fd(4),
setfdprm(8),
mkfs(8),
emkfs(8)
AUTHOR
Werner Almesberger (almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch)
AVAILABILITY
The fdformat command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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- SYNOPSIS
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