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author | Karel Zak | 2006-12-07 00:25:32 +0100 |
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committer | Karel Zak | 2006-12-07 00:25:32 +0100 |
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diff --git a/disk-utils/fdformat.8 b/disk-utils/fdformat.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9e24b0ae4 --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/fdformat.8 @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.\" Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH FDFORMAT 8 "1 February 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +fdformat \- Low-level formats a floppy disk +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B fdformat +.B "[ \-n ]" +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) + +/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 + +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 +.B \-n +No verify. This option will disable the verification that is performed +after the format. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR fd (4), +.BR setfdprm (8), +.BR mkfs (8), +.BR emkfs (8) +.SH AUTHOR +Werner Almesberger (almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch) |