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Error Handling Options
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   The following options configure the behavior of the floppy driver in
case of read/write errors. They may be used by any user who has write
privileges for the drive. Whenever the floppy driver encounters an
error, a retry counter is incremented. If the value of this counter gets
bigger than the thresholds described below, the corresponding actions
are performed at the next retry. The counter is reset when the read or
write finally terminates, whether successfully or not.
`-a OPERATION-ABORT-TRSHLD'
`--abort  OPERATION-ABORT-TRSHLD'
     Tell the floppy driver to stop trying to read/write a sector after
     OPERATION-ABORT-TRSHLD retries, and signal the I/O error to the
     user.

`-t READ-TRACK-TRSHLD'
`--readtrack  READ-TRACK-TRSHLD'
     Tell the floppy driver to switch from track-reading mode to
     sector-at-a-time-mode after READ-TRACK-TRSHLD retries.

`-r RECALIBRATE-TRSHLD'
`--recalibrate  RECALIBRATE-TRSHLD'
     Tell the floppy driver to recalibrate the drive after
     RECALIBRATE-TRSHLD retries.

`-R RESET-TRESHOLD'
`--reset  RESET-THRESHOLD'
     Tell the floppy driver to reset the controller after
     RESET-THRESHOLD retries. After a controller reset, the floppy
     driver also recalibrates all drives connected to that controller.

`-e ERROR-REPORT-TRSHLD'
`--reporting  ERROR-REPORT-TRSHLD'
     Tell the floppy driver to start printing error messages to the
     console after ERROR-REPORT-TRSHLD retries.