[SLE] man dasdfmt did not help me

From: Patrick B. O'Brien (pobrien_at_doit.nv.gov)
Date: 09/30/04

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    Doing a man dasdfmt did not help me. I see I need to use the -F -force, don't prompt me for a YES flag, but no joy! I can't get the syntax down. Any help today?
    Or, a way I can script this, hmm dasdfmt -b 4096 -f /dev/dasde < echo "y" ??

    TIA

    /home/scripts # dasdfmt -b 4096 -F -f/dev/dasde
    Drive Geometry: 3338 Cylinders * 15 Heads = 50070 Tracks

    I am going to format the device /dev/dasde in the following way:
       Device number of device : 0x205
       Labelling device : yes
       Disk label : VOL1
       Disk identifier : 0X0205
       Extent start (trk no) : 0
       Extent end (trk no) : 50069
       Compatible Disk Layout : yes
       Blocksize : 4096

    --->> ATTENTION! <<---
    All data of that device will be lost.
    Type "yes" to continue, no will leave the disk untouched: 

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