fdformat(1/amd64) | format floppy disks |
fdformat(1/i386) | format floppy disks |
fdformat(1/sparc64) | format floppy disks |
FDFORMAT(1) | General Commands Manual | FDFORMAT(1) |
fdformat
— format
floppy disks
fdformat |
[-nqv ]
[-c cyls]
[-F fillbyte]
[-g gap3len]
[-h heads]
[-i intleave]
[-r rate]
[-S secshft]
[-s secs]
[-t steps_per_track] device_name |
fdformat
formats a floppy disk at device
device_name. device_name should
be a character device; it may be given either with a full path name of a raw
device node for a floppy disk drive (e.g.,
/dev/rfd0c), or default name in an abbreviated form,
(e.g., fd0).
Note that any geometry constraints of the device node (minor device number)
are meaningless, since they're overridden by
fdformat
.
The options are as follows:
-c
cyls-F
fillbyte-g
gap3len-h
heads-i
intleave-n
-q
-r
rate-S
secshft-s
secs-t
steps_per_track-v
If the -q
flag has not been specified, the
user is asked for confirmation of the intended formatting process. In order
to continue, an answer of “y” must be given.
An exit status of 0 is returned upon successful operation. Exit status 1 is returned on any errors during floppy formatting, and an exit status of 2 reflects invalid arguments given to the program (along with appropriate information written to diagnostic output).
Unless -q
has been specified, a single
letter is printed to standard output to inform the user about the progress
of work. First, an “F” is printed when the track(s) is being
formatted, then a “V” while it's being verified, and if an
error has been detected, it will finally change to “E”.
fdformat
was developed for 386BSD 0.1 and
upgraded to the new fdc(4)
floppy disk driver. It later became part of FreeBSD
1.1, and was then ported to OpenBSD 1.2.
The program was contributed by Joerg Wunsch, Dresden, with changes by Serge Vakulenko and Andrew A. Chernov, Moscow.
September 17, 2018 | OpenBSD-6.9 |