1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer 6.\" Science Department. 7.\" 8.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 9.\" 10.\" @(#)format.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 01/12/94 11.\" 12.Dd 13.Dt FORMAT 8 hp300 14.Os 15.Sh NAME 16.Nm format 17.Nd how to format disks and tapes 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19.Pp 20Currently, there are no 21.Dq native 22.Tn BSD 23media formatting utilities. 24Formatting of both disks and cartridge tapes must be done either 25standalone or under 26.Tn HP-UX 27using the 28.Em mediainit 29utility distributed by 30.Tn HP . 31Note that 32.Tn HP Ns -brand 33cartridge tapes come pre-formatted, and 34.Tn HP 35disks 36are supposed to. 37.Sh HISTORY 38The 39.Nm format 40utility first appeared in 4.4BSD. 41