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FDFORMAT(8) Linux Programmer's Manual FDFORMAT(8) NAME fdformat - Low-level formats a floppy disk SYNOPSIS fdformat [ -n ] 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. This option will disable the verification that is performed after the format. SEE ALSO fd(4), setfdprm(8), mkfs(8), emkfs(8), floppy(8) AUTHOR Werner Almesberger (<a href="mailto:almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch">almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch</a>) AVAILABILITY The fdformat command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is avail- able from <a href="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/" title="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/">ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/</a>. Linux 0.99 1 February 1993 FDFORMAT(8)