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-.\" 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)