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FORMATRMEDIA(1M)					      FORMATRMEDIA(1M)

NAME
     formatRMedia - Formats removable media

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -m -d device special file [-l volume
     label] [-x]

     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -e -d device special file [-x]

     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -f -d device special file [-x]

     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -p -d device special file [-l volume
     label] [-x]

     /usr/sysadm/privbin/formatRMedia -u -d device special file

DESCRIPTION
     formatRMedia formats removable media with the following formats:  XFS for
     SGI workstations, EFS for SGI workstations, HFS for Apple Macintosh
     computers, and FAT for MS DOS/Windows computers. It invokes mkfp to
     format HFS and FAT filesystems, and fx and mkfs to format EFS and XFS
     filesystems.

OPTIONS
     -d device special file
	  The file under /dev that the media is associated with

     -f	  Selects an XFS format.  This option should not be used on floppy or
	  floptical media.

     -e	  Selects an EFS format.  This option should not be used on floppy or
	  floptical media.

     -m	  Selects an HFS (Macintosh) format.  Valid on all media types.

     -p	  Selects an FAT (MS DOS/Windows) format.  Valid on all media types.

     -l volume label
	  Supplies a volume label for a FAT disk.

     -x	  Requests a low level format.	Do not use with SyQuest, Jaz, PC Cards
	  or Zip drives.

     -u	  Select a UDF format. This option should only be used on DVD-RAM.

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FORMATRMEDIA(1M)					      FORMATRMEDIA(1M)

SEE ALSO
     sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), RemovableMediaManager(1M), mkfp(1M), fx(1M),
     mkfs_efs(1M), mkfs_xfs(1M), efs(4), xfs(4), filesystems(4).

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