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1 perry 1 setfdprm
2 !!!setfdprm
3 Name
4 Note
5 Description
6 Options
7 Bugs
8 See Also
9 ----
10 !!Name
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13 setfdprm - sets user-provided floppy disk parameters
14 !!Note
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17 This manpage has been automatically generated from fdutils's
18 texinfo documentation. However, this process is only
19 approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences,
20 footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process.
21 Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in
22 the manpage format. Moreover, only the items specific to
23 each command have been translated, and the general
24 information about fdutils has been dropped in the manpage
25 version. Thus I strongly advise you to use the original
26 texinfo doc.
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29 *
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32 To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the
33 following commands:
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36 __ ./configure; make dvi; dvips fdutils.dvi
37 __
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40 *
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43 To generate a html copy, run:
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46 __ ./configure; make html
47 __A premade html can be found at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils'
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50 *
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53 To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
54 run:
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57 __ ./configure; make info
58 __
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61 The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.
62 Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult
63 to read due to the quoting conventions used in
64 info.
65 !!Description
66
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68 setfdprm [[-p] ''device media-description''
69 setfdprm [[-c | -y | -n] ''device''
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72 setfdprm is a utility that can be used to load disk
73 parameters into the auto-detecting floppy devices and
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76 Without any options, setfdprm loads the
77 ''device'' (for example `/dev/fd0' or
78 `/dev/fd1') with a new parameter set with the
79 ''name'' entry found in `/etc/fdprm' (usually
80 named 360/360, etc.). For autodetecting floppy devices,
81 these parameters stay in effect until the media is changed.
82 For
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85 Setfdprm can also be used by the superuser to
86 redefine the default formats.
87 !!Options
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90 -p ''device name''
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93 Permanently loads a new parameter set for the specified
94 auto-configuring floppy device for the configuration with
95 ''name'' in `/etc/fdprm'. Alternatively, the
96 parameters can be given directly from the command
97 line.
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100 -c ''device''
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103 Clears the parameter set of the specified auto-configuring
104 floppy device.
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107 -y ''device''
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110 Enables format detection messages for the specified
111 auto-configuring floppy device.
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114 -n ''device''
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117 Disables format detection messages for the specified
118 auto-configuring floppy device.
119 !!Bugs
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122 This documentation is grossly incomplete.
123 !!See Also
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126 Fdutils' texinfo doc
127 ----
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