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Options for power users |
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xdfcopy - Program to copy and format Xdf disks in Linux |
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!!Note |
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This manpage has been automatically generated from fdutils's |
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texinfo documentation. However, this process is only |
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approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences, |
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footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. |
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Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in |
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the manpage format. Moreover, only the items specific to |
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each command have been translated, and the general |
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information about fdutils has been dropped in the manpage |
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version. Thus I strongly advise you to use the original |
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texinfo doc. |
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To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the |
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following commands: |
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__ ./configure; make dvi; dvips fdutils.dvi |
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To generate a html copy, run: |
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__ ./configure; make html |
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__A premade html can be found at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils' |
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To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), |
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__ ./configure; make info |
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The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. |
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Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult |
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to read due to the quoting conventions used in |
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info. |
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!!Description |
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xdfcopy [[-''format-id''] [[-d] [[-n] [[-h ''head-skew''] [[-t ''cylinder-skew'' |
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] [[-T |
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''end-cylinder''] [[''source''] ''target'' |
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Xdfcopy is a utility to copy and format XDF disks. |
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XDF (eXtended Density Format) is a format used by OS/2 which |
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can hold 1840KB of data (on a 3 1/2 high density disk). Its |
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advantage over 2m formats is that it is faster: 38KB/s. |
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Because of this fast speed, I extended the XDF standard to |
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higher capacities (1992KB) with a transfer rate of 45KB/s. I |
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called the new formats XXDF. |
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This program works best with kernels newer than |
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2.0.0. |
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If both source and target are given, xdfcopy copies the disk |
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image from file to floppy disk or vice-versa. When copying |
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to a floppy disk, the disk is first formatted, unless the |
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-n option is given. |
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If no source is given, the target is only formatted. In this |
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case, the target must be a floppy drive. |
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!!Options |
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__Selecting a format__ |
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Formats are selected by the format_id. The following formats |
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Formats a 5 1/4 XDF disk (1520 KB, 45.6 KB/s). |
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Formats a 3 1/2 high density XDF disk (1840 KB, 38.3 |
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KB/s). |
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Formats a 3 1/2 extra density XDF disk (3680 KB, 102 |
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Formats a 3 1/2 high density XXDF disk (1920 KB, 45 |
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Formats a 3 1/2 extra density XXDF disk (3840 KB, 90 |
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!!Misc options |
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-D ''dosdrive'' |
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Describes the DOS drive letter for mformat. If this option |
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is given, an MS-DOS filesystem is automatically installed on |
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the disk after the low-level format is complete. In order |
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for this to work, the drive has to be configured to accept |
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the 23x2x80 geometry in your /etc/mtools or your ~/.mtoolsrc |
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file. Moreover, this only works with a version of mtools |
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that is more recent than 3.0. |
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Example of a working mtoolsrc line: |
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Examples of a non-working mtoolsrc line: |
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Don't format the disk before copying the disk image to the |
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disk. |
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!!Options for power users |
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-t ''cylinder skew'' |
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Uses a different track skew than the default (14). For more |
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details on skews, see section superformat. In this version |
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of xdfcopy, the -t parameter is |
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-h ''head skew'' |
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Uses a different head skew than the default (0) In this |
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version, this parameter is ignored |
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Debugging. For each read or write operation, the time it |
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took to complete the operation is printed (in milliseconds). |
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This can be used to optimize the skews. |
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-T ''end-cylinders'' |
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Tells how many cylinders to format. With the XXDF formats, |
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it is actually possible to format up to 83 cylinders, |
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yielding a format of up to 1992KB on a 3 1/2 high density |
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disk. |
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!!See Also |
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Fdutils' texinfo doc |
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