.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer
.\" Science Department.
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.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
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.\"     @(#)format.8	5.2 (Berkeley) 03/16/91
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.Dd 
.Dt FORMAT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm format
.Nd how to format disks and tapes
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Pp
Currently, there are no
.Dq native
.Tn BSD
media formatting utilities.
Formatting of both disks and cartridge tapes must be done either
standalone or under
.Tn HP-UX
using the
.Em mediainit
utility distributed by
.Tn HP .
Note that
.Tn HP Ns -brand
cartridge tapes come pre-formatted, and
.Tn HP
disks
are supposed to.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command
.Ud