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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of FDFORMAT</TITLE>
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<H1>FDFORMAT</H1>
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Section: System Administration (8)<BR>Updated: July 2014<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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fdformat - low-level format a floppy disk
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>fdformat</B>
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[options]<I> device</I>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<B>fdformat</B>
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does a low-level format on a floppy disk.
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<I>device</I>
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is usually one of the following (for floppy devices the major = 2, and the
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minor is shown for informational purposes only):
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<PRE>
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<DL COMPACT><DT id="1"><DD>/dev/fd0d360 (minor = 4)
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/dev/fd0h1200 (minor = 8)
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/dev/fd0D360 (minor = 12)
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/dev/fd0H360 (minor = 12)
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/dev/fd0D720 (minor = 16)
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/dev/fd0H720 (minor = 16)
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/dev/fd0h360 (minor = 20)
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/dev/fd0h720 (minor = 24)
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/dev/fd0H1440 (minor = 28)
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/dev/fd1d360 (minor = 5)
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/dev/fd1h1200 (minor = 9)
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/dev/fd1D360 (minor = 13)
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/dev/fd1H360 (minor = 13)
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/dev/fd1D720 (minor = 17)
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/dev/fd1H720 (minor = 17)
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/dev/fd1h360 (minor = 21)
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/dev/fd1h720 (minor = 25)
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/dev/fd1H1440 (minor = 29)
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</DL>
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</PRE>
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<P>
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The generic floppy devices, /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1, will fail to work with
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<B>fdformat</B>
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when a non-standard format is being used, or if the format has not been
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autodetected earlier. In this case, use
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+setfdprm">setfdprm</A></B>(8)
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to load the disk parameters.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="2"><B>-f</B>, <B>--from</B> <I>N</I><DD>
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Start at the track <I>N</I> (default is 0).
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<DT id="3"><B>-t</B>, <B>--to</B> <I>N</I><DD>
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Stop at the track <I>N</I>.
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<DT id="4"><B>-r</B>, <B>--repair</B> <I>N</I><DD>
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Try to repair tracks failed during the verification (max <I>N</I> retries).
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<DT id="5"><B>-n</B>, <B>--no-verify</B><DD>
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Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting.
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<DT id="6"><B>-V</B>, <B>--version</B><DD>
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Display version information and exit.
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<DT id="7"><B>-h</B>, <B>--help</B><DD>
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Display help text and exit.
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</DL>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?4+fd">fd</A></B>(4),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+emkfs">emkfs</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+mkfs">mkfs</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+setfdprm">setfdprm</A></B>(8)
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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Werner Almesberger (<A HREF="mailto:almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch">almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch</A>)
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<H2>AVAILABILITY</H2>
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The fdformat command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
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<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.">https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.</A>
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
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<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAH">AVAILABILITY</A><DD>
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</DL>
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