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.\"     Title: fdformat
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15
.\"      Date: 2022-02-17
.\"    Manual: System Administration
.\"    Source: util-linux 2.38
.\"  Language: English
.\"
.TH "FDFORMAT" "8" "2022-02-17" "util\-linux 2.38" "System Administration"
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.SH "NAME"
fdformat \- low\-level format a floppy disk
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBfdformat\fP [options] \fIdevice\fP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBfdformat\fP does a low\-level format on a floppy disk. \fIdevice\fP is usually one of the following (for floppy devices the major = 2, and the minor is shown for informational purposes only):
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/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)
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/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)
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The generic floppy devices, \fI/dev/fd0\fP and \fI/dev/fd1\fP, will fail to work with \fBfdformat\fP when a non\-standard format is being used, or if the format has not been autodetected earlier. In this case, use \fBsetfdprm\fP(8) to load the disk parameters.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-f\fP, \fB\-\-from\fP \fIN\fP
.RS 4
Start at the track \fIN\fP (default is 0).
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\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-to\fP \fIN\fP
.RS 4
Stop at the track \fIN\fP.
.RE
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\fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-repair\fP \fIN\fP
.RS 4
Try to repair tracks failed during the verification (max \fIN\fP retries).
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\fB\-n\fP, \fB\-\-no\-verify\fP
.RS 4
Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting.
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
.RS 4
Display help text and exit.
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
.RS 4
Print version and exit.
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.SH "NOTES"
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This utility does not handle USB floppy disk drives. Use \fBufiformat\fP(8) instead.
.SH "AUTHORS"
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.MTO "almesber\(atnessie.cs.id.ethz.ch" "Werner Almesberger" ""
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBfd\fP(4),
\fBemkfs\fP(8),
\fBmkfs\fP(8),
\fBsetfdprm\fP(8),
\fBufiformat\fP(8)
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c
.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "."
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The \fBfdformat\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."