Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 07:18:48 +0000 (UTC) From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r361443 - head/usr.sbin/fdformat Message-ID: <202005250718.04P7Imkg037851@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: murray (doc committer) Date: Mon May 25 07:18:47 2020 New Revision: 361443 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/361443 Log: Add example usage for formatting a floppy disk. Adding a more self contained example here in the fdformat man page will allow us to modernize and streamline the FreeBSD Handbook by cutting out some of this legacy material. While here, address some other minor grammatical nits in this man page. Reviewed by: bcr (mentor) Approved by: bcr (mentor) MFC after: 2 weeks Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24971 Modified: head/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 Mon May 25 06:25:31 2020 (r361442) +++ head/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.8 Mon May 25 07:18:47 2020 (r361443) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 4, 2017 +.Dd May 23, 2020 .Dt FDFORMAT 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ where .Ar device may either be given as a full path name of a device node for a floppy disk drive -(e.g.\& +(e.g.,\& .Pa /dev/fd0 ) , or using an abbreviated name that will be looked up under .Pa /dev -(e.g.\& +(e.g.,\& .Dq Li fd0 ) . .Pp The options are as follows: @@ -133,6 +133,30 @@ Exit status 1 is returned on any errors during floppy formatting, and an exit status of 2 reflects invalid arguments given to the program (along with an appropriate information written to diagnostic output). +.Sh EXAMPLES +To format a new double-sided, high-density (HD) 1.44 MB disk +inserted in the first floppy disk drive, issue: +.Pp +.Dl "/usr/sbin/fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0" +.Pp +After low-level formatting the disk with +.Nm , +create a disk label so that the system can determine the size and +geometry of the disk. +The supported geometry values are listed in +.Pa /etc/disktab , +and we will use +.Va fd1440 +for this example. +To write the disk label, use +.Xr bsdlabel 8 : +.Pp +.Dl "/sbin/bsdlabel -B -w /dev/fd0 fd1440" +.Pp +The floppy is now ready to be high-level formatted with a file system. +To format the floppy disk with FAT, issue: +.Pp +.Dl "/sbin/newfs_msdos /dev/fd0" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Unless .Fl q @@ -150,6 +174,7 @@ exact cause of the error) will be printed for up to 10 entire formatting process has completed. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fdc 4 , +.Xr bsdlabel 8 , .Xr fdcontrol 8 , .Xr newfs 8 , .Xr newfs_msdos 8
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