dskform - floppy or image file formatter for emulated machines
dskform [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE]
[-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] [-retry COUNT]
[-fat12] DISKIMAGE
Dskform is a formatter which formats floppy discs or disc images
for use with emulated machines such as the ZX Spectrum +3, Amstrad CPC, and
various Acorn machines. It does not create a filesystem on the disc
or image.
- -format
FORMAT
- Specifies a disc format to use. See the section DISK FORMATS for more
information.
- -type TYPE
- Determines which driver is to be used to format the disc or image.
- auto
- Select according to the disc image file. This is the default.
- dsk
- Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
- edsk
- Use the extended version of the DSK format.
- floppy
- Use the floppy driver.
- myz80
- Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image driver. (This format cannot be
autodetected.)
- cfi
- Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy format) image driver. (This format cannot be
autodetected.)
- apridisk
- Use the ApriDisk image driver (used for archiving Apricot floppies). (This
format cannot be autodetected.)
- raw
- Use the raw driver.
- -comp COMP
- Compress the disc image that is being generated (has no effect when
formatting a real floppy disc).
- sq
- Huffman compressed (SQ / USQ).
- gz
- Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).
- -retry COUNT
- Set the number of times to attempt a format operation in case of error.
- -side SIDE
- Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc is to be formatted.
- -pcdos
- Create an empty PCDOS (FAT12) filesystem on the disc image.
- -apricot
- Create an empty Apricot MSDOS filesystem on the disc image.
John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.
Darren Salt wrote the man pages.