makefloppies(s)                                   makefloppies(s)



Name
       MAKEFLOPPIES - Creates the default floppy device nodes.



Note
       This  manpage  has  been automatically generated from fdu-
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       only  approximative,  and  some items, such as crossrefer-
       ences, footnotes and indices are lost in this  translation
       process.   Indeed,  these items have no appropriate repre-
       sentation in the manpage format.  Moreover, only the items
       specific  to  each  command  have been translated, and the
       general information about fdutils has been dropped in  the
       manpage  version.   Thus  I strongly advise you to use the
       original texinfo doc.

       *      To generate a printable copy from the texinfo  doc,
              run the following commands:

                     ./configure; make dvi; dvips fdutils.dvi



       *      To generate a html copy,  run:

                     ./configure; make html

              A     premade     html    can    be    found    at:
              `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils'

       *      To generate an info copy  (browsable  using  emacs'
              info mode), run:

                     ./configure; make info



       The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.
       Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult
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Description
          MAKEFLOPPIES [-tlvng] [drives]



       The MAKEFLOPPIES shell script creates the new floppy block
       device node.  It uses the floppycontrol program to  trans-
       late  the  minor  device numbers into meaningful names. It
       also uses these names to decide whether to create a  given
       block  device  file  or  not, depending on the type of the
       physical drive (for instance, for a 3 1/2 drive, the  for-
       mats corresponding to a 5 1/4 drive are not created).

       If  you have more than two floppy drives, you need to tell
       the kernel the CMOS types of those additional drives using
       the floppy=drive,type,cmos lilo option.

       If  the  drives  parameter is given, only the device nodes
       for the listed drives are made. By default, all  only  the
       two first drives are tried.

       MAKEFLOPPIES  does  not  work if you redefine your default
       formats.

       Caution:  MAKEFLOPPIES  removes  already  existing  floppy
       device nodes.


Options
       -t     Use  the  old  naming  convention for 3 1/2 devices
              (e.g. `fd0H720' instead of `fd0u720').

       -m     Base the name for the created devices on  the  type
              of the media (e.g. `fd0h720' instead of `fd0u720').

       -l     Local. Creates device nodes in the local directory,
              not /dev

       -v     Verbose

       -n     Dry run. (just report what would be done, do not do
              anything)

       -g     Group.  Allow read/write access to  floppy  devices
              only for group `floppy'


Bugs
       The   Makefloppies  script  does  not  work  on  redefined
       "default" formats, If you redefine  default  formats,  you
       need to create the needed device nodes manually.

See Also
       Fdutils' texinfo doc



fdutils-5.3                  02Jul99              makefloppies(s)