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- NAME
- mformat - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted
- diskette.
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- SYNOPSIS
- mformat [ -t tracks ] [ -h heads ] [ -s sectors ] [ -l
- volume label ] drive:
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- 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.
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- The follow options are supported:
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- t The number of tracks (not cylinders).
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- h The number of heads (sides).
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- s The number of sectors per track.
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- l An optional volume label.
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- 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.
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- Mformat returns 0 on success or 1 on failure.
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- SEE ALSO
- mlabel(1)
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- BUGS
- Requires a low-level format utility from Unix.
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- Doesn't detect (or record) bad block information.
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