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xdfcopy - copy and format XDF disks in Linux
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xdfcopy [-format-id] [-d] [-n] [-h head-skew] [-t cylinder-skew] [-T end-cylinder] [source] target
Xdfcopy is a utility to copy and format XDF disks. XDF (eXtended Density Format) is a format used by OS/2 which can hold 1840KB of data (on a 3 1/2 high density disk). Its advantage over 2m formats is that it is faster: 38KB/s. Because of this fast speed, I extended the XDF standard to higher capacities (1992KB) with a transfer rate of 45KB/s. I called the new formats XXDF.
This program works best with kernels newer than 2.0.0.
If both source and target are given, xdfcopy copies the disk image from file to floppy disk or vice-versa. When copying to a floppy disk, the disk is first formatted, unless the -n option is given.
If no source is given, the target is only formatted. In this case, the target must be a floppy drive.
Formats are selected by the format_id. The following formats are understood:
A /dev/fd0 0 0 0 0
A /dev/fd0 12 80 2 18
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03Mar05 | fdutils-5.5 |