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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ .\" .\" Modified, Sun Feb 26 15:00:02 1995, faith@cs.unc.edu .\" -.TH fd 4 2022-12-15 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH fd 4 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME fd \- floppy disk device .SH CONFIGURATION @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ number on its controller and 128 if the drive is on the secondary controller. In the following device tables, \fIn\fP represents the drive number. -.PP +.P \fBWarning: if you use formats with more tracks than supported by your drive, you may cause it mechanical damage.\fP Trying once if more tracks than the usual 40/80 are supported should not damage it, but no warranty is given for that. If you are not sure, don't create device entries for those formats, so as to prevent their usage. -.PP +.P Drive-independent device files which automatically detect the media format and capacity: .TS @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Name Base _ \fBfd\fP\fIn\fP 0 .TE -.PP +.P 5.25 inch double-density device files: .TS lw(1i) l l l l c @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Name Capacity Cyl. Sect. Heads Base _ \fBfd\fP\fIn\fP\fBd360\fP 360 40 9 2 4 .TE -.PP +.P 5.25 inch high-density device files: .TS lw(1i) l l l l c @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ _ \fBfd\fP\fIn\fP\fBh1494\fP 1494 83 18 2 72 \fBfd\fP\fIn\fP\fBh1600\fP 1600 80 20 2 92 .TE -.PP +.P 3.5 inch double-density device files: .TS lw(1i) l l l l c @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ _ \fBfd\fP\fIn\fP\fBu1040\fP 1040 80 13 2 84 \fBfd\fP\fIn\fP\fBu1120\fP 1120 80 14 2 88 .TE -.PP +.P 3.5 inch high-density device files: .TS lw(1i) l l l l c @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ _ \fBfd\fP\fIn\fP\fBu1840\fP 1840 80 23 2 116 \fBfd\fP\fIn\fP\fBu1920\fP 1920 80 24 2 100 .TE -.PP +.P 3.5 inch extra-density device files: .TS lw(1i) l l l l c @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ resets the floppy controller under certain conditions. .TP .B FDRAWCMD sends a raw command to the floppy controller. -.PP +.P For more precise information, consult also the \fI<linux/fd.h>\fP and \fI<linux/fdreg.h>\fP include files, as well as the .BR floppycontrol (1) @@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ However, if a floppy is formatted with an inter-sector gap that is too small, performance may drop, to the point of needing a few seconds to access an entire track. To prevent this, use interleaved formats. -.PP +.P It is not possible to read floppies which are formatted using GCR (group code recording), which is used by Apple II and Macintosh computers (800k disks). -.PP +.P Reading floppies which are hard sectored (one hole per sector, with the index hole being a little skewed) is not supported. This used to be common with older 8-inch floppies. |