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mformat - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted diskette.
mformat
[ -t tracks ] [ -h heads ] [ -s sectors ] [ -l volume label ] drive:
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.
Mformat returns 0 on success or 1 on failure.
mlabel(1)
Requires a low-level format utility from Unix.
Doesn't detect (or record)
bad block information.
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