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dosformat -- Command Build an MS-DOS file system dosformat [-v] device: dosformat builds an MS-DOS file system on a floppy disk. The disk must first have been formatted with the command fdformat -v. device names the floppy-disk drive that holds the disk to receive the file system, such as /dev/fha0. See the Lexicon entry floppy disks for a table of the COHERENT floppy-disk devices. You can also build a file of aliases so that you can access the drives as A, B, etc. For details, see the Lexicon entry for doscp, which explains how to set up defaults for the dos family of commands. Note that the device name must always be suffixed with a colon `:', just like an MS-DOS device name. The option -v, tells dosformat to provide additional information about each action it performs. Example The following example formats a disk. It assumes that you have defined a as a default for a device upon which is set an MS-DOS file system: dosformat a: Files /etc/default/msdos -- Setup file See Also commands, dos, fdformat Notes To create a double-sided, double-density formatted floppy disk in drive 0 (drive A), use /dev/fqa0 for 3.5-inch disks, or /dev/f9a0 for 5.25-inch disks.