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Common Options
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   Many options have a long and a short form.

`-h'
`--help'
     Print the help.

`-D DRIVE'
`--dosdrive DOS-DRIVE'
     Selects DOS drive letter for `mformat' (for example `a:' or `b:').
     The colon may be omitted.  The default is derived from the minor
     device number.  If the drive letter cannot be guessed, and is not
     given on the command line, `mformat' is skipped.

`-v VERBOSITY-LEVEL'
`--verbosity VERBOSITY-LEVEL'
     Sets the verbosity level. 1 prints a dot for each formatted track.
     2 prints a changing sign for each formatted track (- for
     formatting the first head, = for formatting the second head, x for
     verifying the first head, and + for verifying the second head). 3
     prints a complete line listing head and track. 6 and 9 print
     debugging information.

`--superverify'
     Verifies the disk by first reading the track, than writing a
     pattern of U's, and then reading it again.  This is useful as some
     errors only show up after the disk has once been written.
     However, this is also slower.

`-B'
`--dosverify'
     Verifies the disk using the `mbadblocks' program.  `mbadblocks'
     marks the bad sectors as bad in the FAT.  The advantage of this is
     that disks which are only partially bad can still be used for
     MS-DOS filesystems.

`-V'
`--verify_later'
     Verifies the whole disk at the end of the formatting process
     instead of at each track. Verifying the disk at each track has the
     advantage of detecting errors early on.

`-f'
`--noverify'
     Skips the verification altogether.