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diff --git a/disk-utils/fdformat.8 b/disk-utils/fdformat.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8cc72bd --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/fdformat.8 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.\" Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH FDFORMAT 8 "July 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.SH NAME +fdformat \- low-level format a floppy disk +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B fdformat +.RI [options] " device" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B fdformat +does a low-level format on a floppy disk. +.I device +is usually one of the following (for floppy devices the major = 2, and the +minor is shown for informational purposes only): +.sp +.nf +.RS +/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) +.PP +/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) +.RE +.fi +.PP +The generic floppy devices, /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1, will fail to work with +.B fdformat +when a non-standard format is being used, or if the format has not been +autodetected earlier. In this case, use +.BR setfdprm (8) +to load the disk parameters. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-from\fR \fIN\fR +Start at the track \fIN\fR (default is 0). +.TP +\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-to\fR \fIN\fR +Stop at the track \fIN\fR. +.TP +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-repair\fR \fIN\fR +Try to repair tracks failed during the verification (max \fIN\fR retries). +.TP +\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-verify\fR +Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting. +.TP +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +Display version information and exit. +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +Display help text and exit. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR fd (4), +.BR emkfs (8), +.BR mkfs (8), +.BR setfdprm (8) +.SH AUTHOR +Werner Almesberger (almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch) +.SH AVAILABILITY +The fdformat command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |