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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man1/fdformat.1 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man1/fdformat.1 b/static/netbsd/man1/fdformat.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8c97b114 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man1/fdformat.1 @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: fdformat.1,v 1.18 2012/04/08 22:00:38 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by John Kohl. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd July 22, 2006 +.Dt FDFORMAT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm fdformat +.Nd format a floppy diskette +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Op Fl B Ar nbps +.Op Fl C Ar ncyl +.Op Fl F Ar fillbyte +.Op Fl f Ar device +.Op Fl G Ar gaplen +.Op Fl I Ar interleave +.Op Fl P Ar stepspercyl +.Op Fl S Ar nspt +.Op Fl T Ar ntrk +.Op Fl t Ar type +.Op Fl X Ar xfer_rate +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility formats a floppy diskette. +With no arguments, it formats the default floppy device with the default +density parameters (as provided by the floppy diskette device driver). +.Pp +As the each track of the floppy diskette is formatted, it is read to +verify the format was successful. +.Pp +The +.Nm +utility does not create a filesystem of any kind. +Use tools like +.Xr newfs 8 , +.Xr newfs_msdos 8 , +or +.Xr mformat 1 +(part of the pkgsrc/sysutils/mtools package) depending on what filesystem +type you want to use on the floppy disk to do so. +.Pp +Available command-line flags are: +.Bl -tag -width indent -compact +.It Fl f Ar device +Format the floppy using +.Ar device +instead of the default +.Pa /dev/rfd0a . +.It Fl t Ar type +Format the floppy using parameters for the diskette named +.Ar type +in +.Pa /etc/floppytab +instead of the device default parameters. +.It Fl n +Do not verify each track as it is read. +.It Fl B Ar nbps +Set the number of bytes per sector for the formatted diskette. +.It Fl S Ar nspt +Set the number of sectors per track for the formatted diskette. +.It Fl T Ar ntrk +Set the number of tracks (heads) per cylinder for the formatted diskette. +.It Fl C Ar ncyl +Set the number of cylinders for the formatted diskette. +.It Fl P Ar stepspercyl +Set the number of motor steps per cylinder for the formatted diskette. +.It Fl G Ar gaplen +Set the sector gap length for the formatted diskette. +.It Fl F Ar fillbyte +Set the fill byte for the formatted diskette. +.It Fl X Ar xfer_rate +Set the bit transfer rate for the formatted diskette. +.It Fl I Ar interleave +Set the interleave factor for the formatted diskette. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr fdc 4 +(amiga, i386 and sparc ports) +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Nx 1.3 . +.Sh BUGS +Some floppy drive units have physical +diskette format sensors which automatically select a diskette +density for reading. +Such drives can format at alternate densities, but +they cannot successfully verify the formatted diskette except at the +diskette's normal density. |
