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-.TH mformat 1 "21Nov21" mtools-4.0.36
+.TH mformat 1 "21Mar23" mtools-4.0.43
.SH Name
mformat - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted floppy disk
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byte in each FAT copy. Using this option may confuse DOS or older mtools
version, and may make the disk unreadable. Only use if you know what you
are doing.
+.TP
+\&\fR\&\f(CWb\fR\
+Use a non-standard bios disk number for this disk. By default, bios
+disk number is inferred from media descriptor: 0x80 for media
+descriptor 0xf8, or 0x00 otherwise.
.PP
To format a diskette at a density other than the default, you must supply
(at least) those command line parameters that are different from the