MFORMAT
Section: User Commands (1)
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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.
SEE ALSO
mlabel(1)
BUGS
Requires a low-level format utility from Unix.
Doesn't detect (or record) bad block information.
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