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       -f, --from N
43              Start at the track N (default is 0).
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45       -t, --to N
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48       -r, --repair N
49              Try to repair tracks  failed  during  the  verification  (max  N
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52       -n, --no-verify
53              Skip  the verification that is normally performed after the for‐
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56       -V, --version
57              Display version information and exit.
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59       -h, --help
60              Display help text and exit.
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SEE ALSO

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

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

69       The fdformat command is part of the util-linux package and is available
70       from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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74util-linux                         July 2014                       FDFORMAT(8)