dskform - Man Page
floppy or image file formatter for emulated machines
Synopsis
dskform [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] [-retry COUNT] [-fat12] 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.
- -pcdos
Create an empty PCDOS (FAT12) filesystem on the disc image.
- -apricot
Create an empty Apricot MSDOS filesystem on the disc image.
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 <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.
Darren Salt wrote the man pages.