CBMFORNG(1)

📦 version 0.4.99.104, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 CBMFORNG(1) 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for cbmforng — it's part of the User Commands crew, and honestly? she's a whole vibe. 0.4.99.103 era, iconic behavior only.

✨ NAME ✨

cbmforng — like, the actual manual page for cbmforng 0.4.99.103. that's it, that's the name section, we move 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cbmforng [OPTION]... DRIVE NAME,ID

so you give her some OPTIONs, then a DRIVE, then a NAME,ID — in that order, no chaos, we love a structured queen 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Fast and reliable CBM-1541 disk formatter. literally fast, literally reliable, literally formatting your CBM-1541 disks. no notes. 💅

and here are all the options, every single one, because we do not gatekeep:

  • -h, --help — shows you this help text and then dips. bye bestie 👋
  • -V, --version — spills the version information and exits. slay.
  • -@, --adapter=plugin:bus — tells OpenCBM which backend plugin and which bus to use. you're basically matchmaking here 💖
  • -n, --no-bump — do not bump the drive head. she stays put, respectfully.
  • -r, --retries n — sets the number of retries on error, and yes it's for the whole disk. manifesting zero errors for you though 🙏
  • -x, --extended — formats a 40 track disk. more tracks, more to love 🎀
  • -c, --clear — clears (demagnetizes) this disk. highly recommended if this disk is being used for the first time — like, genuinely, do it, it's self-care for your floppy ✨
  • -v, --verify — verifies each track after it is written. she double-checks her own work, main character energy fr 💅
  • -o, --original — fills sectors with the original pattern (0x4b, 0x01...) instead of zeroes. retro realness 👑
  • -s, --status — displays drive status after formatting. a little post-format status report, we love the transparency 🌈
ngl, that -c one is lowkey the most important one if the disk is fresh. first-time disk? clear it. that's the whole tip. it's literally in the text above, i'm just being loud about it 💀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

The full documentation for cbmforng is maintained as a Texinfo manual. so if the info and cbmforng programs are properly installed at your site, then this command:

info cbmforng

should give you access to the complete manual. go get that lore, bestie 📚

aaaand that's the whole page, no cap. source/version is cbmforng 0.4.99.103, dated July 2020 — so she's a little vintage but she's still that girl 💜✨🎀 🦋 💫

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