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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-10 17:00:36 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-10 17:00:36 +0000
commit701b1cdb49b21c56f9847837636085205e8acb53 (patch)
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parentf69963b299330759ffbafdf8f3ad086802135daf (diff)
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1 b/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
index ef542a7..bdf8602 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/fdformat/fdformat.1
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ or using an abbreviated name that will be looked up
under
.Pa /dev
(e.g.\&
-.Em fd0 ) .
+.Dq Li fd0 ) .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
+.\" XXX
.Bl -tag -width 10n -offset indent
.It Fl F Ar fill
Use
@@ -62,8 +63,9 @@ Use
as the fill byte for newly formatted sectors.
.Ar fill
must be a number in the range 0 through 255 using common C
-language notation. The default value is
-.Em 0xf5 .
+language notation.
+The default value is
+.Dq Li 0xf5 .
.It Fl f Ar fmt
Specify the density settings for a
.Ar fmt
@@ -74,13 +76,13 @@ Specify the density settings using explicit parameters, as
described in
.Xr fdcontrol 8 .
.It Fl n
-Don't verify floppy after formatting.
+Do not verify floppy after formatting.
.It Fl q
-Suppress any normal output from the command, and don't ask the
+Suppress any normal output from the command, and do not ask the
user for a confirmation whether to format the floppy disk at
.Ar device .
.It Fl v
-Don't format, verify only.
+Do not format, verify only.
.It Fl y
Do not ask for confirmation whether to format the floppy disk but
still report formatting status.
@@ -91,7 +93,8 @@ For non-autoselecting subdevices, neither
nor
.Fl s Ar fmtstr
may be specified, since the preconfigured media density settings
-from the kernel driver will always be used. However, if
+from the kernel driver will always be used.
+However, if
.Ar device
is a device with automatic media density selection (see
.Xr fdc 4 ) ,
@@ -106,20 +109,22 @@ flag has not been specified, the user is asked for a confirmation
of the intended formatting process.
In order to continue, an answer
of
-.Dq y
+.Ql y
must be given.
.Pp
Note that
.Nm
-does only perform low-level formatting. In order to create
+does only perform low-level formatting.
+In order to create
a file system on the medium, see the commands
.Xr newfs 8
-for an
-.Em ufs
+for a
+.Tn UFS
file system, or
.Xr newfs_msdos 8
for an
-.Em MS-DOS (FAT)
+.Tn MS-DOS
+(FAT)
file system.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Unless
@@ -127,16 +132,16 @@ Unless
has been specified, a single letter is printed to standard output
to inform the user about the progress of work.
First, an
-.Sq Em F
-is printed when the track(s) is being formatted, then a
-.Sq Em V
-while it's being verified, and if an error has been detected, it
+.Ql F
+is printed when the track is being formatted, then a
+.Ql V
+while it is being verified, and if an error has been detected, it
will finally change to
-.Sq Em E .
+.Ql E .
Detailed status information (cylinder, head and sector number, and the
exact cause of the error) will be printed for up to 10 errors after the
entire formatting process has completed.
-.Pp
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
An exit status of 0 is returned upon successful operation.
Exit status
1 is returned on any errors during floppy formatting, and an exit status
@@ -148,7 +153,9 @@ appropriate information written to diagnostic output).
.Xr newfs 8 ,
.Xr newfs_msdos 8
.Sh HISTORY
-.Nm Fdformat
+The
+.Nm
+utility
has been developed for
.Bx 386 0.1
and upgraded to the new
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud