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. 
 

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