| .\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) |
| .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License |
| .TH SETFDPRM 8 "20 November 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| setfdprm \- sets user-provided floppy disk parameters |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B "setfdprm [ \-p ]" |
| device name |
| .br |
| .B "setfdprm [ \-p ]" |
| device size sectors heads tracks stretch gap rate spec1 fmt_gap |
| .br |
| .B "setfdprm [ \-c ]" |
| device |
| .br |
| .B "setfdprm [ \-y ]" |
| device |
| .br |
| .B "setfdprm [ \-n ]" |
| device |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B setfdprm |
| is a utility that can be used to load disk parameters into the |
| auto-detecting floppy devices, to clear old parameter sets and to disable |
| or enable diagnostic messages. |
| |
| Without any options, |
| .B setfdprm |
| loads the |
| .I device |
| (usually |
| .I /dev/fd0 |
| or |
| .IR /dev/fd1 ) |
| with a new parameter set with the |
| .I name |
| entry found in |
| .I /etc/fdprm |
| (usually named 360/360, etc.). These parameters stay in effect until the |
| media is changed. |
| .OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BI \-p " device name" |
| Permanently loads a new parameter set for the specified auto-configuring |
| floppy device for the configuration with |
| .I name |
| in |
| .IR /etc/fdprm . |
| Alternatively, the parameters can be given directly from the command line. |
| .TP |
| .BI \-c " device" |
| Clears the parameter set of the specified auto-configuring floppy device. |
| .TP |
| .BI -y " device" |
| Enables format detection messages for the specified auto-configuring floppy |
| device. |
| .TP |
| .BI -n " device" |
| Disables format detection messages for the specified auto-configuring |
| floppy device. |
| .SH BUGS |
| This documentation is grossly incomplete. |
| .SH FILES |
| .I /etc/fdprm |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Werner Almesberger (almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch) |
