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Manpage of dskform
dskform
Section: Emulators (1)
Updated: 23 January 2008
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NAME
dskform - floppy or image file formatter for emulated machines
SYNOPSIS
dskform
[-format FORMAT]
[-type TYPE]
[-side SIDE]
[-comp COMP]
[-retry COUNT]
DISKIMAGE
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS
- -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.
DISK FORMATS
- pcw180
-
PCW or IBM; 180K. This is the default format.
- cpcsys
-
CPC or +3 System
- cpcdata
-
CPC or +3 Data
- pcw720
-
PCW or IBM 720K
- pcw1440
-
PCW16 or IBM 1440K
- ibm160 ibm320
-
IBM 160K or 320K (CP/M-86 or DOSPlus)
- ibm360
-
IBM 360K (DOSPlus)
- ibm720 ibm1200 ibm1440
-
IBM 720K, 1200K or 1440K (144FEAT)
- acorn160 acorn320
-
Acorn ADFS 'S' or 'M'
- acorn640
-
Acorn ADFS 'L'
- acorn800
-
Acorn ADFS 'D' and 'E'/'E+'
- acorn1600
-
Acorn ADFS 'F'/'F+'
- pcw800
-
PCW 800K (XCF2DD)
- pcw200
-
PCW 200K (XCF2)
- bbc100
-
BBC Micro DFS (single sided, 40 tracks)
- bbc200
-
BBC Micro DFS (single sided, 80 tracks)
AUTHOR
John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.
Darren Salt wrote the man pages.
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- DISK FORMATS
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- AUTHOR
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