Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual page 252

What to Do
1. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive.
2. From the console device, enter the fdformat command.
Type the appropriate command, as listed for your diskette. It takes a minute or
two for the system to format the diskette.
TABLE 11–1
Diskette Density
High Density (HD)
Medium Density (MD)
Low Density (2DD)
You can now write to and read from the diskette.
How to Use fdformat to Reformat a
Used Diskette
Before You Begin
The simplest way to format, list the contents of, read, copy, or eject a diskette is to
use the File Manager tool. Refer to Solaris User's Guide for information about File
Manager.
Caution -
unless you want to erase its contents.
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Formatting erases everything on a diskette. Do not format a used diskette
Storage
Capacity
(Formatted) Command
1.44 Mbytes
fdformat
1.2 Mbytes
fdformat -m
720 Kbytes
fdformat -l