Re: man page for format (format ZIP diskette)

["James Moore" <jim.moore@firelinedsl.com>]

On 9 Dec 2000, Seth Arnold wrote:

> I don't think any version of unix I have used came with a format
> command. So, no man page by that name is hardly surprising. :)

Well, I wondered... but when I searched for the term "format" using 
apropos, a link (ref) is generated to "format (8)". I assumed that 
meant that there was a man page that talked about formatting.

> (There is an fdformat, but I am not sure it is applicable to your
> situation. :)
> 
> > I'm trying to format a zip diskette... can someone provide a quick
> > "how to"?
> 
> This was covered in the mail list in the last few weeks, I think; sadly,
> I didn't bother to copy it down, what with not owning a zipdrive. :)
> But, the archives should have it.

Has anyone tried the mailing list archives lately? Any search term I've 
tried today nets a "0 results"... hell, I even tried searching on 
"openbsd" and got the same result.

James Moore