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+//po4a: entry man manual
+////
+Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
+May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
+////
+= fdformat(8)
+:doctype: manpage
+:man manual: System Administration
+:man source: util-linux {release-version}
+:page-layout: base
+:command: fdformat
+
+== NAME
+
+fdformat - low-level format a floppy disk
+
+== SYNOPSIS
+
+*fdformat* [options] _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
+
+*-f*, *--from* _N_::
+Start at the track _N_ (default is 0).
+
+*-t*, *--to* _N_::
+Stop at the track _N_.
+
+*-r*, *--repair* _N_::
+Try to repair tracks failed during the verification (max _N_ retries).
+
+*-n*, *--no-verify*::
+Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting.
+
+include::man-common/help-version.adoc[]
+
+== NOTES
+
+This utility does not handle USB floppy disk drives. Use *ufiformat*(8) instead.
+
+== AUTHORS
+
+mailto:almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch[Werner Almesberger]
+
+== SEE ALSO
+
+*fd*(4),
+*emkfs*(8),
+*mkfs*(8),
+*setfdprm*(8),
+*ufiformat*(8)
+
+include::man-common/bugreports.adoc[]
+
+include::man-common/footer.adoc[]
+
+ifdef::translation[]
+include::man-common/translation.adoc[]
+endif::[]