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)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. floppy
2. size
3. clear
4. disable
5. enable