fdformat8
Low-level format a floppy disk
Usage
fdformat [options]
device
Overview
fdformat does a low-level format on a floppy disk. device is usually one of the following (for floppy devices the major = 2, and the minor is shown for informational purposes only):
/dev/fd0d360 (minor = 4) /dev/fd0h1200 (minor = 8) /dev/fd0D360 (minor = 12) /dev/fd0H360 (minor = 12) /dev/fd0D720 (minor = 16) /dev/fd0H720 (minor = 16) /dev/fd0h360 (minor = 20) /dev/fd0h720 (minor = 24) /dev/fd0H1440 (minor = 28)
/dev/fd1d360 (minor = 5) /dev/fd1h1200 (minor = 9) /dev/fd1D360 (minor = 13) /dev/fd1H360 (minor = 13) /dev/fd1D720 (minor = 17) /dev/fd1H720 (minor = 17) /dev/fd1h360 (minor = 21) /dev/fd1h720 (minor = 25) /dev/fd1H1440 (minor = 29)
The generic floppy devices, /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1, will fail to work with fdformat when a non-standard format is being used, or if the format has not been autodetected earlier. In this case, use setfdprm(8) to load the disk parameters.
Options
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-f, --from N -
Start at the track N (default is 0).
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-t, --to N -
Stop at the track N.
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-r, --repair N -
Try to repair tracks failed during the verification (max N retries).
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-n, --no-verify -
Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting.
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-V, --version -
Display version information and exit.
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-h, --help -
Display help text and exit.
Notes
This utility does not handle USB floppy disk drives. Use ufiformat(8) instead.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 7 times.
--from since Debian 9 (Stretch);
--help since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--no-verify since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--repair since Debian 9 (Stretch);
--to since Debian 9 (Stretch);
--version since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-V since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-f since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-h since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-r since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-t since Debian 9 (Stretch).