makefloppies(8) [debian man page]
makefloppies(8) System Manager's Manual makefloppies(8) Name MAKEFLOPPIES - Creates the default floppy device nodes. 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 MAKEFLOPPIES [-tlvng] [drives] The MAKEFLOPPIES shell script creates the new floppy block device node. It uses the floppycontrol program to translate the minor device numbers into meaningful names. It also uses these names to decide whether to create a given block device file or not, depending on the type of the physical drive (for instance, for a 3 1/2 drive, the formats corresponding to a 5 1/4 drive are not created). If you have more than two floppy drives, you need to tell the kernel the CMOS types of those additional drives using the floppy=drive,type,cmos lilo option. If the drives parameter is given, only the device nodes for the listed drives are made. By default, all only the two first drives are tried. MAKEFLOPPIES does not work if you redefine your default formats. Caution: MAKEFLOPPIES removes already existing floppy device nodes. Options -t Use the old naming convention for 3 1/2 devices (e.g. `fd0H720' instead of `fd0u720'). -m Base the name for the created devices on the type of the media (e.g. `fd0h720' instead of `fd0u720'). -l Local. Creates device nodes in the local directory, not /dev -v Verbose -n Dry run. (just report what would be done, do not do anything) -g Group. Allow read/write access to floppy devices only for group `floppy' Bugs The MAKEFLOPPIES script does not work on redefined "default" formats, If you redefine default formats, you need to create the needed device nodes manually. See Also Fdutils' texinfo doc fdutils-5.5 03Mar05 makefloppies(8)
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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)