dskform1

Floppy or image file formatter for emulated machines

Usage

dskform [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP] [-retry COUNT] [-fat12] DISKIMAGE

Overview

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)