dskform

NAME

dskform - 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.