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                      3: fdformat                     Command                     fdformat
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                      8: Format a floppy disk
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                     10: /eettcc/ffddffoorrmmaatt [ _o_p_t_i_o_n ... ] _s_p_e_c_i_a_l
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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
                     14: drive.
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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-
                     32:      bering.
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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
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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
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                     85: ***** Notes *****
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                     87: fdformat formats a track  at a time.  fdformat can be interrupted
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