NAME
format
- how to format disks and tapes
DESCRIPTION
Currently, there are no
``native''
NetBSD
media formatting utilities.
Formatting of both disks and cartridge tapes must be done either
stand-alone or under
HP-UX
using the
mediainit
utility distributed by
HP.
Note that
HP-brand
cartridge tapes come pre-formatted, and
HP
disks are supposed to.
HISTORY
The
format
utility first appeared in
4.4BSD.