FDFORMAT(1) | General Commands Manual | FDFORMAT(1) |
fdformat
— format
a floppy diskette
fdformat |
[-n ] [-B
nbps] [-C
ncyl] [-F
fillbyte] [-f
device] [-G
gaplen] [-I
interleave] [-P
stepspercyl] [-S
nspt] [-T
ntrk] [-t
type] [-X
xfer_rate] |
The fdformat
utility formats a floppy
diskette. With no arguments, it formats the default floppy device with the
default density parameters (as provided by the floppy diskette device
driver).
As the each track of the floppy diskette is formatted, it is read to verify the format was successful.
The fdformat
utility does not create a
filesystem of any kind. Use tools like
newfs(8),
newfs_msdos(8), or
mformat(1) (part of the
pkgsrc/sysutils/mtools package) depending on what filesystem type you want
to use on the floppy disk to do so.
Available command-line flags are:
-f
device-t
type-n
-B
nbps-S
nspt-T
ntrk-C
ncyl-P
stepspercyl-G
gaplen-F
fillbyte-X
xfer_rate-I
interleavefdc(4) (amiga, i386 and sparc ports)
The fdformat
utility appeared in
NetBSD 1.3.
Some floppy drive units have physical diskette format sensors which automatically select a diskette density for reading. Such drives can format at alternate densities, but they cannot successfully verify the formatted diskette except at the diskette's normal density.
July 22, 2006 | NetBSD 10.99 |