makefloppies

NAME

       MAKEFLOPPIES - Creates the default floppy device nodes.

SYNOPSIS

       MAKEFLOPPIES [-t] [-l] [-v] [-n] [drives]

DESCRIPTION

       The MAKEFLOPPIES shell script creates the new floppy block
       device files.  It uses the floppycontrol program to trans-
       late  the  minor  device numbers into meaningful names. It
       also uses these names to decide whether to create a  given
       block  device  file  or  not, depending on the type of the
       physical drive (for instance, for a 3 1/2 drive, the  for-
       mats corresponding to a 5 1/4 drive are not created).

       If  you have more than two floppy drives, you need to tell
       the kernel the CMOS types of those additional drives using
       the floppy=drive,type,CMOS lilo option.

       If  the  drives  parameter is given, only the device nodes
       for the listed drives are  made.  By  default,  all  eight
       drives are tried.

       MAKEFLOPPIES  does  not  work if you redefine your default
       formats.

       CAUTION: MAKEFLOPPIES removes already existing floppy  de-
       vice nodes.

OPTIONS

       -t     Name  devices for drive type, not floppy type (e.g.
              fd0H720)


       -l     Local. Creates device nodes in the local directory,
              not /dev


       -v     Verbose


       -n     Dry run. (just report what would be done, do not do
              anything)

BUGS

       The Makefloppies script does not work on redefined default
       formats,  because  it  is  impossible to give new names to
       these formats. In that case, you need to create the  addi-
       tional devices manually.

FILES

       /dev/fd* - Floppy devices

AUTHOR

       Alain Knaff, Alain.Knaff@inrialpes.fr

SEE ALSO

       superformat(1),  rawcmd(1),  floppycontrol(1),  mtools(1),
       setfdprm(8)