dskform1

Usage

Overview

Dskform is a formatter which formats floppy discs or disc images for use with emulated machines such as the ZX Spectrum +3, Amstrad CPC, and various Acorn machines. It does not create a filesystem on the disc or image.

Options

-format FORMAT

Specifies a disc format to use. See the section DISK FORMATS for more information.

-type TYPE

Determines which driver is to be used to format the disc or image.

auto

Select according to the disc image file. This is the default.

dsk

Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.

edsk

Use the extended version of the DSK format.

floppy

Use the floppy driver.

myz80

Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image driver. (This format cannot be autodetected.)

cfi

Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy format) image driver. (This format cannot be autodetected.)

apridisk

Use the ApriDisk image driver (used for archiving Apricot floppies). (This format cannot be autodetected.)

raw

Use the raw driver.

-comp COMP

Compress the disc image that is being generated (has no effect when formatting a real floppy disc).

sq

Huffman compressed (SQ / USQ).

gz

Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).

-retry COUNT

Set the number of times to attempt a format operation in case of error.

-side SIDE

Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc is to be formatted.

-pcdos

Create an empty PCDOS (FAT12) filesystem on the disc image.

-apricot

Create an empty Apricot MSDOS filesystem on the disc image.

Disk formats