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 format 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 (almesberATnessie.ch)

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



Linux 0.99                                               1 February 1993                                             FDFORMAT(8)