NAME

dskform - floppy or image file formatter for emulated machines

SYNOPSIS

dskform [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] [-retry COUNT] 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.

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.