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fd(7)									 fd(7)

NAME
       fd - Floppy disk interface

SYNOPSIS
       controller	fdi0	    at	*    vector fdintr device disk	   fd0
       at fdi0	     drive 0 device disk     fd1	at fdi0	      drive 1

DESCRIPTION
       The fd device driver and fdi controller make up the  interface  to  the
       integrated Floppy Disk Interface (FDI).

       If  the minor number is less than 64, the driver select number is indi‐
       cated by bits 4 and 5, and the partition by bits 0 through  3.  If  the
       minor  number  is  one of 64, 65, 66, or 67, the drive select number is
       indicated by bits 0 and 1, and disk partitions  are  disabled.  In  the
       latter  case,  the  entire surface of the media is treated as one large
       partition, and attempts to change the partition table fail.  The	 major
       number  is  14  for  both  the  block interface and the raw (character)
       interface.

   Legacy Device Names
       Refer to System Administration for an explanation of device naming.

       The legacy device names have the format rfd0, which indicates  the  raw
       device  interface,  or  fd0p,  which  indicates the block interface and
       where p indicates the partition using the characters a through  h.   If
       you  do	not specify a partition with the block interface, partitioning
       is disabled.  Default file protection for /dev/fd0 is 666.

   Current Device Special File Names
       The  current  device   special	file   names   are   /dev/disk/floppy,
       /dev/disk/floppy0c, and /dev/disk/floppy0a. The raw current device spe‐
       cial  file  names  are  /dev/rdisk/floppy,   /dev/rdisk/floppy0c,   and
       /dev/rdisk/floppy0a.  These  device  names are created automatically by
       dsfmgr when the system starts up.

   Interface
       The block interface is  restricted  to  512-byte,  disk-sector  aligned
       accesses.   Reads  or  writes  that attempt to start at the middle of a
       sector actually start at the beginning of the sector.

       There is no sector-boundary limitation if you use the raw interface.

       The driver protects the process that opens the floppy disk device  from
       an  accidental  media  change by preventing access to the device if the
       media is removed and then reinserted.  To access the  drive  after  the
       media  has  been	 changed,  either  you	must close and then reopen the
       device, or you must issue a DEVIOCGET or FDIOTPRRST ioctl. You can  use
       the fddisk command with the -new option to issue the FDIOTPRRST ioctl.

       When a floppy disk device is first opened after changing media, a delay
       occurs while the partition table is read from the media if  the	device
       is  not	of  type  rfd0 or /dev/rdisk/floppy0.  If the device is opened
       with FNDELAY, partition table reading may be delayed  until  the	 first
       actual read or write request.

       If  you access media containing non-UFS data, the data on the media may
       appear to be a valid partition table. In this case, the user will prob‐
       ably  not  be able to access the media. To work around the problem, use
       the rfd0 device.

       Partitions a and c begin at physical sector 0  and  occupy  the	entire
       disk.  All other partitions also begin at physical sector 0, but are of
       zero (0) length. You can change partition sizes by using the  disklabel
       command.

       The  currently  supported  floppy disk drive is the RX26. The supported
       media types in the RX26 are the 350DD of size  737280  (1440  sectors),
       350HD  of  size 1474560 (2880 sectors), and 350ED of size 2949120 (5760
       sectors), as shown in the following partition  layouts  for  the	 media
       types:

       RX26, Double Density:

		 disk	   start     length

		 dsk?a	   0	     1440
		 dsk?b	   0	     0
		 dsk?c	   0	     1440
		 dsk?d	   0	     0
		 dsk?e	   0	     0
		 dsk?f	   0	     0
		 dsk?g	   0	     0
		 dsk?h	   0	     0

       RX26, High Density:

		 disk	   start     length

		 dsk?a	   0	     2880
		 dsk?b	   0	     0
		 dsk?c	   0	     2880
		 dsk?d	   0	     0
		 dsk?e	   0	     0
		 dsk?f	   0	     0
		 dsk?g	   0	     0
		 dsk?h	   0	     0

       RX26, Extra Density:

		 disk	   start     length

		 dsk?a	   0	     5760
		 dsk?b	   0	     0
		 dsk?c	   0	     5760
		 dsk?d	   0	     0
		 dsk?e	   0	     0
		 dsk?f	   0	     0
		 dsk?g	   0	     0
		 dsk?h	   0	     0

   Ioctl Support
       Several	special	 ioctls are defined for use with the fd device driver.
       Use   of	  these	   requires    that    /usr/include/sys/ioctl.h	   and
       /sys/io/fd/mips/fdi.h  are  included.  See the fdi.h file for reference
       purposes.

       FDIOSENSE returns information about the current state of the drive  via
       the structure fd_sense.	All elements of this structure are initialized
       by this call.  See comments in fdi.h for use of each element.

       FDIOGETMTYP returns information about the media currently in the	 drive
       via  the	 structure fd_mt.  All elements of this structure are initial‐
       ized by this call.  See comments in fdi.h for use of each element.

       FDIOFMTDSK, FDIOFFBSETUP, FDIOFFBNEXT, and FDIOFMTTRK are used for disk
       formatting. Data is passed to and from these calls via certain elements
       of a structure of type fd_fmt_spec.  See comments in fdi.h for  use  of
       each  element.  FDIOFMTDSK  causes  the	entire	disk  to be formatted.
       FDIOFMTTRK causes a specified track to be formatted.   The  combination
       of  FDIOFFBSETUP and FDIOFFBNEXT cause the entire disk to be formatted,
       a little at a time, allowing the calling process to display an  updated
       status line indicating the progress of the format.

       FDIOTPRRST  causes  the	driver to ignore the fact that the media might
       have just been removed and reinserted.  Status information is  returned
       via a fd_sense structure, just as with the FDIOSENSE call.

       FDIOSEEK	 allows	 the  user to specify the position of the next single-
       sector access (and only the next access) in  any	 of  several  formats.
       These  formats  include	logical-sector-number format, physical-sector-
       number format, and cylinder-head-sector format. These formats are spec‐
       ified in a structure of type fd_seek.  See comments in fdi.h for use of
       each element.

       FDIOMKCHS and FDIOMKPSN are used to  translate  between	cylinder-head-
       sector  sector specification and physical-sector-number sector specifi‐
       cation. Data is passed to and from these calls via certain elements  of
       a  structure  of type fd_chs_psn. See comments in fdi.h for use of each
       element.

       The calls DEVIOCGET, DEVGETGEOM, DIOCGETPT,  DIOCDGTPT,	and  DIOCSETPT
       are  also  supported  and  perform  in their expected manner. A call to
       DEVIOCGET also has the effect of calling FDIOTPRRST.

FILES
       /dev/fd0
       /dev/rfd0
       /dev/disk/floppy*
       /dev/rdisk/floppy*

SEE ALSO
       Commands: disklabel(8), dsfmgr(8),  mtools(1),  dxmtools(1)  fddisk(8),
       MAKEDEV(8), uerf(8)

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