Name
setfdprm - sets user-provided floppy disk parameters
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Description
setfdprm [-p] device media-description
setfdprm [-c | -y | -n] device
setfdprm is a utility that can be used to load disk parameters into the
auto-detecting floppy devices and "fixed parameter" floppy devices, to
clear old parameter sets and to disable or enable diagnostic messages.
These parameters are derived from a media-description, see section
Media description for more details.
Without any options, setfdprm loads the device (for example ‘/dev/fd0’
or ‘/dev/fd1’) with a new parameter set with the name entry found in
‘/etc/fdprm’ (usually named 360/360, etc.). For autodetecting floppy
devices, these parameters stay in effect until the media is changed.
For "fixed parameter" devices, they stay in effect until they are
changed again.
Setfdprm can also be used by the superuser to redefine the default
formats.
Options
-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-
configuring floppy device.
-n device
Disables format detection messages for the specified auto-
configuring floppy device.
Bugs
This documentation is grossly incomplete.
See Also
Fdutils’ texinfo doc