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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 |
| 2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. | |
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3 | .\" |
| 4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | |
| 5 | .\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer | |
| 6 | .\" Science Department. | |
| 7 | .\" | |
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8 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
| 9 | .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions | |
| 10 | .\" are met: | |
| 11 | .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | |
| 12 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | |
| 13 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | |
| 14 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | |
| 15 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
| 16 | .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software | |
| 17 | .\" must display the following acknowledgement: | |
| 18 | .\" This product includes software developed by the University of | |
| 19 | .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. | |
| 20 | .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors | |
| 21 | .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software | |
| 22 | .\" without specific prior written permission. | |
| 23 | .\" | |
| 24 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND | |
| 25 | .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE | |
| 26 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE | |
| 27 | .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE | |
| 28 | .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL | |
| 29 | .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS | |
| 30 | .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) | |
| 31 | .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | |
| 32 | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | |
| 33 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | |
| 34 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | |
| 85159d26 | 35 | .\" |
| ed554bc5 | 36 | .\" @(#)format.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/12/94 |
| ad787160 | 37 | .\" |
| ed554bc5 | 38 | .Dd January 12, 1994 |
| 998208b2 | 39 | .Dt FORMAT 8 hp300 |
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40 | .Os |
| 41 | .Sh NAME | |
| 42 | .Nm format | |
| 43 | .Nd how to format disks and tapes | |
| 44 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 45 | .Pp | |
| 46 | Currently, there are no | |
| 47 | .Dq native | |
| 48 | .Tn BSD | |
| 49 | media formatting utilities. | |
| 85159d26 | 50 | Formatting of both disks and cartridge tapes must be done either |
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51 | standalone or under |
| 52 | .Tn HP-UX | |
| 53 | using the | |
| 54 | .Em mediainit | |
| 55 | utility distributed by | |
| 56 | .Tn HP . | |
| 57 | Note that | |
| 58 | .Tn HP Ns -brand | |
| 59 | cartridge tapes come pre-formatted, and | |
| 60 | .Tn HP | |
| 61 | disks | |
| 85159d26 | 62 | are supposed to. |
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63 | .Sh HISTORY |
| 64 | The | |
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65 | .Nm format |
| 66 | utility first appeared in 4.4BSD. |