SETFDPRM linux command manual

SETFDPRM(8)            Linux Programmer's Manual               SETFDPRM(8)



NAME
       setfdprm - sets user-provided floppy disk parameters

SYNOPSIS
       setfdprm [ -p ] device name
       setfdprm  [  -p  ]  device  size sectors heads tracks stretch gap rate
       spec1 fmt_gap
       setfdprm [ -c ] device
       setfdprm [ -y ] device
       setfdprm [ -n ] device

DESCRIPTION
       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, setfdprm loads the device  (usually  /dev/fd0  or
       /dev/fd1)  with  a  new  parameter  set  with  the name entry found in
       /etc/fdprm (usually named 360/360, etc.).  These  parameters  stay  in
       effect until the media is changed.

       -p device name
              Permanently  loads  a new parameter set for the specified auto-
              configuring floppy device for the configuration  with  name  in
              /etc/fdprm.    Alternatively,   the  parameters  can  be  given
              directly from the command line.

       -c device
              Clears the parameter  set  of  the  specified  auto-configuring
              floppy device.

       -y device
              Enables  format  detection messages for the specified auto-con-
              figuring floppy device.

       -n device
              Disables format detection messages for the specified  auto-con-
              figuring floppy device.

BUGS
       This documentation is grossly incomplete.

FILES
       /etc/fdprm

AUTHOR
       Werner Almesberger (almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch)



Linux 0.99                     20 November 1993                   SETFDPRM(8)