This is the default for double-density type drives. Inch) or 360KB (5.25 inch) double-density diskette (same as the -l or -L options). (same as the -m option) to put an NEC-DOS Writes an operating-system label on block 0. Writes new identification and data fields for each sector on all tracks With densities from 512 KBytes to 64 MBytes may be formatted. Is formatted to a capacity not matching its density. Data integrity cannot be assured whenever a diskette Substitutingĭiskettes of one density for diskettes of either a higher or lower density Double ("low")ĭensity uses double-sided, double-density (DS/DD) diskettes. Same media: double-sided, high-density (DS/HD) diskettes. (or extra-high-density) (DS/ED) diskettes. To format medium-density diskettes (1.2-megabyteĬapacity), use the -M option with -t nec (this is the same as using theĮxtended density uses double-sided, extended-density Or the -L option to format double-density (or "low-density") diskettes (720KBĬapacity) in an HD or ED drive. Use the -H option to format high-density diskettes (1.44-megabyteĬapacity) in an extra-high-density (ED) drive. Must be specified when using a diskette with a lower capacity than theĭrive’s default. Option does not have to be specified to fdformat. A 5.25 inch high-density drive usesĭiskettes with a formatted capacity of 1.2 megabytes. A 3.5 inch high-density drive uses diskettes withĪ formatted capacity of 1.44 megabytes. If no device name is given, fdformat uses the diskette asīy default, fdformat uses the configured capacity of the drive fdformat formatsĪnd verifies the media, and indicates whether any bad sectors were encountered.Īll existing data on the diskette or PCMCIA memory card, if any, is destroyedīy formatting. Memory cards must be formatted before they can be used. [ devnameīoth diskettes and PCMCIA memory cards. Back to Software Index Manpage Top Level fdformat(1) manual page Table of Contentsįdformat - format floppy diskette or PCMCIA memory card
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