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rxformat(8v)							  rxformat(8v)

Name
       rxformat - format floppy disks

Syntax
       /etc/rxformat [ -d ] special

Description
       The  program  formats a diskette in the specified drive associated with
       the special device special.  (The special is  normally  /dev/rrx0,  for
       drive  0, or /dev/rrx1, for drive 1.)  By default, the diskette is for‐
       matted single density; a flag can be supplied to force  double  density
       formatting.   Single  density  is compatible with the IBM 3740 standard
       (128 bytes/sector).  In double density, each sector contains 256	 bytes
       of data.

       Before  formatting  a  diskette prompts for verification (this allows a
       user to cleanly abort the operation; note that  formatting  a  diskette
       will  destroy  any existing data).  Formatting is done by the hardware.
       All sectors are zero-filled.

Restrictions
       A floppy may not be formatted if the header information	on  sector  1,
       track  0	 has been damaged.  Hence, it is not possible to format a com‐
       pletely degaussed disk.	(This is actually a problem in the hardware.)

Diagnostics
       No such device
       The drive is not ready, usually because no disk is in the drive or  the
       drive door is open.

       Other error messages are self-explanatory.

Files
See Also
       rx(4)

				      VAX			  rxformat(8v)
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