Before you can use a PCMCIA memory card, you may need to format it. The fdformat utility allows you to format both diskettes and PCMCIA memory cards.
Formatting deletes any data that may already be resident on a PCMCIA memory card.
To format a PCMCIA memory card:
Type:
% fdformat option device_name |
The format utility cannot be used with PCMCIA memory cards. Only the fdformat utility will work.
Table G-1 lists the available options for the fdformat utility.
Table G-1 fdformat Utility Options
Option |
Description |
---|---|
Unmounts the PCMCIA memory card |
|
Installs an MS-DOS file system (UNIX file system is the default) |
|
Does not display confirmation messages before starting to format |
|
Disables print status messages |
|
Installs a Solaris label or an MS-DOS file system; it does not format the PCMCIA memory card |
|
Specifies a UNIX or MS-DOS label on a PCMCIA memory card |
|
Installs an MS-DOS file system (UNIX file system is the default) |
|
Installs a special boot loader |
There is no option in the fdformat utility for installing a NEC-DOS file system on a PCMCIA memory card.
If you want to format a PCMCIA memory card, you must specify a device name for the PCMCIA memory card. Otherwise, the fdformat utility automatically specifies the diskette drive as the default device.
The format for a device name of a PCMCIA memory card is
/dev/rdsk/cntndnsn
or
/dev/dsk/cntndnsn.
For example, the device name /dev/dsk/c1t6d0s2
represents a PCMCIA SRAM memory card with a logical socket controller
number 1, a technology number 6, and
a slice number 2.
Table G-2 list the available device name options for the fdformat utility.
Table G-2 fdformat Utility Device Name Options