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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfp - construct a	FAT (MSDOS) or HFS (MACINTOSH) filesystem

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfp [ options ] special

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkfp is a formatting/partitioning utility that can	be used	to create DOS
     and HFS file systems on devices such as floppy, floptical,	SuperDisk
     (LS-120), SyQuest,	Jaz, Zip and hard drives.  It also works on PC Cards.

     mkfp is capable of	creating single	DOS partitions on floppies and
     floptical disks as	well as	multiple DOS partitions	on other forms of
     media.  On	the other hand,	mkfp can only create single HFS	partitions
     spanning entire disks.  mkfp can NOT be used to manipulate	existing
     partitions	on disk.  Invocation of	mkfp will destroy all existing data on
     disk and perform a	complete reformat.  Please use this tool with care.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

     -t[[dos|fat] | [hfs|mac]]
	  Specifies the	target file system. This utility supports two types of
	  file systems with four options.  dos and fat are synonyms in
	  representing MSDOS FAT file systems while mac	and hfs	are synonyms
	  in representing MACINTOSH HFS	file systems.  Note: This option does
	  not work correctly for FAT filesystems on high density floppies when
	  used in a SuperDrive (LS-120).


     -p[size[k|m]][:label]
	  Requests a partition to be created with a specified size and label.
	  If size is not specified, a single partition is created spanning the
	  entire disk.	If label is not	specified, "Untitled" is used as the
	  default label. Each individual partition that	is to be created is
	  specified using a separate -p	argument on the	command	line.  The
	  first	three DOS partitions created will have indices 1, 2, 3 and
	  subsequent ones will be numbered 5 and upwards, consistent with the
	  convention used by mount_dos.	The default size is in bytes, but it
	  can be flagged as kilobytes or megabytes, with k or m	suffixes. mkfp
	  will round up	partition sizes	to ensure that they are	cylinder
	  aligned.


     -y	  Suppresses messages from appearing on	stdout.	Does not prompt	user
	  before creating partitions. Use this option with care.


     -x	  Performs low level formatting	of floppies/floptical disks. This
	  option does not work with other forms	of media such as hard-drives,
	  SuperDisk (LS-120), SyQuest, Jaz, PC Cards or	Zip drives.  To
	  perform low level formatting of such devices,	please use utilities
	  present on PCs and Macs.




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NOTE    [Toc]    [Back]

     To	format floppies	or floptical disks, use	special	files of the form:
     /dev/rdsk/fds*d*

     Earlier versions of mkfp chose the	size of	a file system on a floppy or
     floptical disk based on the special file specified.  mkfp now uses	a READ
     CAPACITY command to size the disk.	 To override the default size, use the
     -p	option.


     To	format PC Cards, use special files of the form:	/dev/rdsk/dks?d?vol
     and /dev/rdsk/dks?d?l?vol


     To	format Jaz, Zip, SyQuest, Magneto-optical  and hard drives, use
     special files of the form:	/dev/rdsk/dks?d?vol


     mkfp puts a partition table and a single HFS partition that fills the
     disk onto any disk	bigger than 21 megabytes.  mkfp	is incapable of
     creating multiple HFS partitions on a single disk.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     To	high level format and place a dos partition on a floppy	or a floptical
     drive, that's present at controller 0, scsi id 3, using default label:

     mkfp -t dos /dev/rdsk/fds0d3.3.5hi


     To	high level format and place a hfs partition on a floppy	or a floptical
     drive, that's present at controller 0, scsi id 3, using default label:

     mkfp -t hfs /dev/rdsk/fds0d3.3.5hi


     To	low level format and place a dos partition on a	floppy drive, that is
     present at	controller 0, scsi id 3, with label FOO	:

     mkfp -t dos -x -p:"FOO" /dev/rdsk/fds0d3.3.5hi


     To	high level format and place a dos partition on a non-floppy drive that
     is	present	at controller 0, scsi id 5, with label FOO :

     mkfp -t dos -p:"FOO" /dev/rdsk/dks0d5vol


     To	high level format and place a hfs partition on a non-floppy drive that
     is	present	at controller 0, scsi id 5, with label FOO :




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     mkfp -t hfs -p:"FOO" /dev/rdsk/dks0d5vol


     To	high level format and place 2 dos partitions, of size 10Mb and 20Mb ,
     on	a non-floppy drive that	is present at controller 0, scsi id 5, with
     labels FOO	and BAR	:

     mkfp -t dos -p10m:"FOO" -p20m:"BAR" /dev/rdsk/dks0d5vol

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     fpck(1M).


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