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mformat(1L)
add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted diskette.
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
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.
SEE ALSO
BUGS
Requires a low-level format utility from Unix.
Doesn't detect (or record) bad block information.
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