Format - HP A8800 Series Fundamentals Command Reference

You can execute the fixdisk command for the storage medium on the active MPU, but you cannot execute
the command for the storage medium on the standby MPU.
Examples
# Restore the space of the flash.
<Sysname> fixdisk flash:
Fixdisk flash: may take some time to complete.
%Fixdisk flash: completed.

format

Syntax
format device [ FAT16 | FAT32 ]
View
User view
Default level
3: Manage level
Parameters
device: Name of a storage medium, for example, cf0 or cf1.
FAT16: Formats a storage medium by using the FAT16 format. FAT16 does not support Tab matching but
needs to be entered completely if used, and is not applicable to a flash card.
FAT32: Formats a storage medium by using the FAT32 format. FAT32 does not support Tab matching but
needs to be entered completely if used, and is not applicable to a flash card.
Description
Use format to format a storage medium.
CAUTION:
Formatting a storage medium results in loss of all the files on the storage medium and these files cannot
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be restored. In particular, if there is a startup configuration file on a storage medium, formatting the
storage medium results in loss of the startup configuration file.
• To format a storage medium, format each partition of the storage medium. For example, to format a CF
card that has been partitioned, you need to format each partition, instead of formatting the CF card.
Examples
# Format the flash.
<Sysname> format flash:
All data on flash: will be lost, proceed with format? [Y/N]:y
%Format flash: completed.
# Format the third partition on the CF card.
<Sysname> format cf2:
All data on cf2: will be lost, proceed with format? [Y/N]:y
%Format cf2: completed.
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