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setfdprm
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     `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, Note:
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
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`-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-configuring floppy device.

`-n DEVICE'
     Disables format detection messages for the specified
     auto-configuring floppy device.

Bugs
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   This documentation is grossly incomplete.