.\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.TH SETFDPRM 8 "20 November 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
setfdprm \- sets user-provided floppy disk parameters
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "setfdprm [ \-p ]"
device name
.br
.B "setfdprm [ \-p ]"
device size sectors heads tracks stretch gap rate spec1 fmt_gap
.br
.B "setfdprm [ \-c ]"
device
.br
.B "setfdprm [ \-y ]"
device
.br
.B "setfdprm [ \-n ]"
device
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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,
.B setfdprm
loads the
.I device
(usually
.I /dev/fd0
or
.IR /dev/fd1 )
with a new parameter set with the
.I name
entry found in
.I /etc/fdprm
(usually named 360/360, etc.).  These parameters stay in effect until the
media is changed.
.OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-p " device name"
Permanently loads a new parameter set for the specified auto-configuring
floppy device for the configuration with
.I name
in
.IR /etc/fdprm .
Alternatively, the parameters can be given directly from the command line.
.TP
.BI \-c " device"
Clears the parameter set of the specified auto-configuring floppy device.
.TP
.BI -y " device"
Enables format detection messages for the specified auto-configuring floppy
device.
.TP
.BI -n " device"
Disables format detection messages for the specified auto-configuring
floppy device.
.SH BUGS
This documentation is grossly incomplete.
.SH FILES
.I /etc/fdprm
.SH AUTHOR
Werner Almesberger (almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch)