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        !             3: fdformat                     Command                     fdformat
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        !             8: Format a floppy disk
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        !            12: fdformat formats a floppy  disk.  The given special should be the
        !            13: name  of the  special  file that  correspond to  the floppy  disk
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        !            16: fdformat recognizes the following options:
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        !            18: -aa   Print information  on the standard output device during for-
        !            19:      mat.  As it formats a cylinder,  it will print a line of the
        !            20:      form
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        !            22:              hd=0 cyl=25
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        !            24:      on your screen.
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        !            26: -ii _n_u_m_b_e_r
        !            27:      Use number (0 through  7; default, 6) as the interleave fac-
        !            28:      tor in formatting.
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        !            30: -oo _n_u_m_b_e_r
        !            31:      Use number  (default, 0) as the skew  factor for sector num-
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        !            34: -vv    Verify  formatting  and verify  data  written  with the  -w
        !            35:      option.
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        !            37: -ww _f_i_l_e
        !            38:      Format the  floppy disk  and then copy  file to it  track by
        !            39:      track.  The raw device should be used.
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        !            41: The command  mkfs builds  a COHERENT  file system on  a formatted
        !            42: floppy disk.  The command dos builds  a DOS file system on a for-
        !            43: matted floppy  disk and transfers files to or  from it.  The com-
        !            44: mand mount mounts a floppy disk containing a file system to allow
        !            45: access to it  through the COHERENT directory structure.  The com-
        !            46: mand umount unmounts a floppy disk.
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        !            48: ***** Example *****
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        !            50: The following command formats a 2400-block, 5.25-inch floppy disk
        !            51: in drive 0 (otherwise known known as drive A):
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        !            54:         /etc/fdformat /dev/fha0
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        !            57: The following command  formats a 1440-block, 3.5-inch floppy disk
        !            58: in drive 1 (otherwise known as drive B):
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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        !            69: fdformat                     Command                     fdformat
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        !            73:         /etc/fdformat /dev/fqa1
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        !            76: ***** See Also *****
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        !            78: commands, dos, fd, mkfs, mount, umount
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        !            80: ***** Diagnostics *****
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        !            82: When errors  occur on floppy-disk  devices, the driver  prints on
        !            83: the system console an error message that describes the error.
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        !            85: ***** Notes *****
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        !            87: fdformat formats a track  at a time.  fdformat can be interrupted
        !            88: between tracks, which  may result in a partially formatted floppy
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