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format(1A)

physically format a floppy disk

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

format - physically format a floppy disk

SYNOPSIS

/usr/amiga/bin/format [-r] [-b] [:N|devicename]

DESCRIPTION

format physically formats an amiga floppy disk.

A floppy disk must be formatted before any data may be placed on the disk.

The process of formatting a disk destroys any previous data that was on the disk.

OPTIONS

-r: Ask for another disk after formatting this disk. This option cannot be used with the -b option.
-b: (Batch mode). Don't wait for the user to press return before formatting the disk.

If a device name (or a shorthand version of the device name is given with `:DEVNUM') that that device will be used for formatting. The default device is /dev/rdsk/fd0f whose shorthand is `:0' and is the first floppy disk.

NOTES

This command destroys any data that might be on the disk.