1FDFORMAT(8)                  System Administration                 FDFORMAT(8)
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NAME

6       fdformat - low-level format a floppy disk
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SYNOPSIS

9       fdformat [options] device
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DESCRIPTION

12       fdformat  does  a low-level format on a floppy disk.  device is usually
13       one of the following (for floppy devices the major = 2, and  the  minor
14       is shown for informational purposes only):
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16              /dev/fd0d360  (minor = 4)
17              /dev/fd0h1200 (minor = 8)
18              /dev/fd0D360  (minor = 12)
19              /dev/fd0H360  (minor = 12)
20              /dev/fd0D720  (minor = 16)
21              /dev/fd0H720  (minor = 16)
22              /dev/fd0h360  (minor = 20)
23              /dev/fd0h720  (minor = 24)
24              /dev/fd0H1440 (minor = 28)
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26              /dev/fd1d360  (minor = 5)
27              /dev/fd1h1200 (minor = 9)
28              /dev/fd1D360  (minor = 13)
29              /dev/fd1H360  (minor = 13)
30              /dev/fd1D720  (minor = 17)
31              /dev/fd1H720  (minor = 17)
32              /dev/fd1h360  (minor = 21)
33              /dev/fd1h720  (minor = 25)
34              /dev/fd1H1440 (minor = 29)
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36       The  generic  floppy  devices, /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1, will fail to work
37       with fdformat when a non-standard format is being used, or if the  for‐
38       mat  has  not been autodetected earlier.  In this case, use setfdprm(8)
39       to load the disk parameters.
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OPTIONS

42       -n, --no-verify
43              Skip the verification that is normally performed after the  for‐
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46       -V, --version
47              Output version information and exit.
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49       -h, --help
50              Display help and exit.
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SEE ALSO

53       fd(4), setfdprm(8), mkfs(8), emkfs(8)
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AUTHOR

56       Werner Almesberger (almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch)
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AVAILABILITY

59       The fdformat command is part of the util-linux package and is available
60       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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64util-linux                         July 2011                       FDFORMAT(8)