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FDFORMAT(8)		     System Administration		   FDFORMAT(8)

NAME
       fdformat - low-level format a floppy disk

SYNOPSIS
       fdformat [options] device

DESCRIPTION
       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  for‐
       mat  has	 not been autodetected earlier.	 In this case, use setfdprm(8)
       to load the disk parameters.

       For ATAPI IDE floppy driver (also known as LS-120 drives or "Superdisk"
       drives) you have to use the floppy(8).

OPTIONS
       -n, --no-verify
	      Skip  the verification that is normally performed after the for‐
	      matting.

       -V, --version
	      Output version information and exit.

       -h, --help
	      Display help and exit.

SEE ALSO
       fd(4), setfdprm(8), mkfs(8), emkfs(8), floppy(8)

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

AVAILABILITY
       The fdformat command is part of the util-linux package and is available
       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux			   July 2011			   FDFORMAT(8)
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