.TH setfdprm 1 "03Mar05" fdutils-5.5
.SH Name
setfdprm - sets user-provided floppy disk parameters
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.SH Description
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\&\fR\&\f(CWsetfdprm [\fR\&\f(CW\-p] \fIdevice\fR\&\f(CW \fImedia\-description\fR\&\f(CW
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\&\fR\&\f(CWsetfdprm [\fR\&\f(CW\-c | \fR\&\f(CW\-y | \fR\&\f(CW\-n] \fIdevice\fR\&\f(CW
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\&\fR\&\f(CWsetfdprm\fR 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.
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Without any options, \fR\&\f(CWsetfdprm\fR loads the \fIdevice\fR (for example
\&\fR\&\f(CW\(if/dev/fd0\(is\fR or \fR\&\f(CW\(if/dev/fd1\(is\fR) with a new parameter set with the
\&\fIname\fR entry found in \fR\&\f(CW\(if/etc/mediaprm\(is\fR (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.
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\&\fR\&\f(CWSetfdprm\fR can also be used by the superuser to redefine the
default formats.
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.SH Options
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\&\fR\&\f(CW\-p\ \fIdevice\ name\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ 
Permanently loads a new parameter set for the specified auto-configuring
floppy device for the configuration with \fIname\fR in
\&\fR\&\f(CW\(if/etc/mediaprm\(is\fR. Alternatively, the parameters can be given directly
from the command line.
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\&\fR\&\f(CW\-c\ \fIdevice\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ 
Clears the parameter set of the specified auto-configuring floppy device.
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\&\fR\&\f(CW\-y\ \fIdevice\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ 
Enables format detection messages for the specified auto-configuring floppy
device.
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\&\fR\&\f(CW\-n\ \fIdevice\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ 
Disables format detection messages for the specified auto-configuring
floppy device.
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.SH Media description
Please see the Media description section in the full fdutils
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.SH Bugs
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.SH See Also
Fdutils' texinfo doc