setfdprm(1)							   setfdprm(1)



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-config-
	      uring floppy device.

       -n device
	      Disables format detection messages for the  specified  auto-con-
	      figuring floppy device.


Bugs
       This documentation is grossly incomplete.

See Also
       Fdutils' texinfo doc



fdutils-5.5			    03Mar05			   setfdprm(1)