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/usr/bin/mformat

collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them

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Mtools version 4.0.50, dated October 30th, 2026
Usage: /usr/bin/mformat [-V] [-t tracks] [-h heads] [-n sectors] [-v label] [-1] [-4] [-8] [-f size] [-N serialnumber] [-k] [-B bootsector] [-r root_dir_len] [-L fat_len] [-F] [-I fsVersion] [-C] [-c cluster_size] [-H hidden_sectors] [-X] [-S hardsectorsize] [-M softsectorsize] [-3] [-2 track0sectors] [-0 rate0] [-A rateany] [-a]device

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