FORMATRMEDIA(1M)					      FORMATRMEDIA(1M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     formatRMedia - Formats removable media

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -m -d device special file	[-l volume
     label] [-x]

     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -e -d device special file	[-x]

     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -f -d device special file	[-x]

     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -p -d device special file	[-l volume
     label] [-x]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     formatRMedia formats removable media with the following formats:  XFS for
     SGI workstations, EFS for SGI workstations, HFS for Apple Macintosh
     computers,	and FAT	for MS DOS/Windows computers. It invokes mkfp to
     format HFS	and FAT	filesystems, and fx and	mkfs to	format EFS and XFS
     filesystems.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

     -d	device special file
	  The file under /dev that the media is	associated with

     -f	  Selects an XFS format.  This option should not be used on floppy or
	  floptical media.

     -e	  Selects an EFS format.  This option should not be used on floppy or
	  floptical media.

     -m	  Selects an HFS (Macintosh) format.  Valid on all media types.

     -p	  Selects an FAT (MS DOS/Windows) format.  Valid on all	media types.

     -l	volume label
	  Supplies a volume label for a	FAT disk.

     -x	  Requests a low level format.	Do not use with	SyQuest, Jaz, PC Cards
	  or Zip drives.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), RemovableMediaManager(1M), mkfp(1M), fx(1M),
     mkfs_efs(1M), mkfs_xfs(1M), efs(4), xfs(4), filesystems(4).


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