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Additionally format creates a file system of your choice on the floppy. You can choose between FAT-12, FAT-16, FAT-32, ext2 and minix. If you want to use the disk with DOS or Windows, FAT-12 is the right option. Additionally format creates a file system of your choice on the floppy. You can choose between FAT-12, FAT-16, FAT-32, ext2 and minix. If you want to use the disk with DOS or Windows, FAT-32 is the right option.

Format

Characteristics

  • Name: format
  • Description: formats and resizes floppy disks

  • Version: 0.3.0
  • Language: English
  • OS: Linux (bash)
  • License: Open Source (GPL version 2)
  • Requirements: fdformat, mke2fs, mkfs.minix, mkdosfs

Description

Format formats your floppies with different capacities of 1440 kBytes or above. Even floppies with a original size of only 1440 kBytes can be reformatted. Now it is possible to save and to transport a file whose size would normally be too large. Additionally format creates a file system of your choice on the floppy. You can choose between FAT-12, FAT-16, FAT-32, ext2 and minix. If you want to use the disk with DOS or Windows, FAT-32 is the right option.