MFORMAT

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NAME

mformat - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted diskette.

SYNOPSIS

mformat [ -t tracks ] [ -h heads ] [ -s sectors ] [ -l volume label ] drive:

DESCRIPTION

Mformat adds a minimal MSDOS filesystem (boot sector, FAT, and root directory) to a diskette that has already been formatted by a Unix low-level format.

The follow options are supported:

t: The number of tracks (not cylinders).
h: The number of heads (sides).
s: The number of sectors per track.
l: An optional volume label.

To format a diskette at a density other than the default, you must supply (at least) those command line parameters that are different from the default.

Mformat returns 0 on success or 1 on failure.

BUGS

Requires a low-level format utility from Unix.

Doesn't detect (or record) bad block information.