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  parame-
              ters 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.

FILES
       /etc/fdprm

AUTHOR
       Werner Almesberger ()



Linux 0.99                               20 November 1993                             SETFDPRM(8)