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Mtools supports a number of formats which allow to store more data on disk as usual. Due to different operating system abilities, these formats are not supported on all operating systems. Mtools recognizes these formats transparently where supported.
In order to format these disks, you need to use an operating system
specific tool. For Linux, suitable floppy tools can be found in the
fdutils package at the following locations~:
ftp://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils/.ftp://ibiblio.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/fdutils-*
See the manual pages included in that package for further detail: Use
superformat to format all formats except XDF, and use
xdfcopy to format XDF.
| • more sectors: | Putting more sectors per track on the disk | |
| • bigger sectors: | Use bigger sectors to save header space | |
| • 2m: | Use a standard first track | |
| • XDF: | OS/2’s eXtended density format |