diskd(1) [debian man page]
diskd(1) General Commands Manual diskd(1) Name diskd - disk daemon; wait for disk to be inserted Note This manpage has been automatically generated from fdutils's texinfo documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some items, such as cross-references, footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate rep- resentation in the manpage format. Moreover, only the items specific to each command have been translated, and the general information about fdutils has been dropped in the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to use the original texinfo doc. * To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands: ./configure; make dvi; dvips fdutils.dvi * To generate a HTML copy, run: ./configure; make html A pre-made HTML can be found at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils' * To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: ./configure; make info The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as HTML. Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the quoting conventions used in info. Description The diskd command has the following syntax: diskd [-d drive] [-i interval] [-e command] Diskd waits for a disk to be inserted into a given drive, and then either executes the command or exits. This program can be used to auto- matically mount a disk as soon as it is inserted. Warning This program works by switching the motor on for a very short interval, and then seeking to track -1. This might damage hardware in the long run. Amigas, which also use these techniques, are known for having problems with their disk drives no longer spinning up properly after a few month of usage. Options -d drive Selects the drive to observe for disk insertion. By default, drive 0 (/dev/fd0) is observed. -i interval Selects the polling interval. The interval is given in tenths of seconds. Default is 10 (one second). -e command Gives the command to be executed when a disk is inserted. If no command is given the program simply exits. Typically, the command mounts the disk. It can be a shell scripts which probes for several filesystems and disk geometries until it succeeds. Bugs * Automatic unmounting cannot yet be handled. It is indeed not enough to scan for disk removal, because when the disk is removed, it is already too late: There might be some buffers needing flushing. However, the fdmountd program allows automatic unmounting by using the SYNC mount options, which switches off write buffering (see section fdmount). * The drive motor is running all the time, and on some computers, the drive led flickers at each time the drive is polled. See Also Fdutils' texinfo doc fdutils-5.5 03Mar05 diskd(1)
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setfdprm(1) General Commands Manual setfdprm(1) Name setfdprm - sets user-provided floppy disk parameters Note This manpage has been automatically generated from fdutils's texinfo documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some items, such as cross-references, footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate rep- resentation in the manpage format. Moreover, only the items specific to each command have been translated, and the general information about fdutils has been dropped in the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to use the original texinfo doc. * To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands: ./configure; make dvi; dvips fdutils.dvi * To generate a HTML copy, run: ./configure; make html A pre-made HTML can be found at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils' * To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: ./configure; make info The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as HTML. Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the quoting conventions used in info. 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 sec- tion 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/mediaprm' (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/mediaprm'. 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. Media description Please see the Media description section in the full fdutils documentation: - Texinfo documentation (info fdutils) - HTML documentation in /usr/share/doc/fdutils/Fdutils.html - or DVI documentation in /usr/share/doc/fdutils/Fdutils.dvi.gz Bugs This documentation is grossly incomplete. See Also Fdutils' texinfo doc fdutils-5.5 03Mar05 setfdprm(1)