From 25e363dff1172d5198317d3bd0a058beb86ea6dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Traina Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 06:42:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add an example showing how to build a UFS floppy --- share/man/man4/man4.i386/wfd.4 | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/wfd.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/wfd.4 index f533a0b6b0db..a2afcafd716b 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/wfd.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/wfd.4 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: wfd.4,v 1.1 1998/01/17 05:15:01 pst Exp $ +.\" $Id: wfd.4,v 1.2 1998/03/12 07:30:39 charnier Exp $ .\" .Dd January 16, 1998 .Dt WFD 4 @@ -106,6 +106,36 @@ slice is opened, its disklabel will be initialized with parameters returned by the drive and a single .Sq Li c partition encompassing the entire slice. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Making LS-120/ZIP disks can be a bit more complicated than usual depending +upon whether or not you chose to use the slice code or not. +LS-120 floppies are typically considered floppy devices and do not carry +a slice table. On the other hand, Zip disks, which use the same driver, +are considered hard disks by the vendor, so for compatibility, you should +use a slice table. +.Pp +The driver will handle either type of disk with or without a slice +table, but for compatibility, you should generally create disks +that follow the vendor's behavior. +.Pp +To create a UFS LS-120 disk (no slice table), +First, make sure there is no slice table on the disk): +.Dl # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/wfd0 count=16 + +Next, disklabel the disk: +.Dl # disklabel -rw wfd0 fd120m + +Then newfs as usual: +.Dl # newfs /dev/rfd0a +.Fi + +To create a standard 1.44mb floppy in a LS-120 drive, do the same +procedure, but use +.Ar fd1440 +as the disk layout when using the +.Nm disklabel +command. + .Sh KERNEL CONFIGURATION Only one .Nm @@ -202,7 +232,7 @@ slice, partition .Xr disklabel 5 , .Xr disklabel 8 .Sh AUTHORS -.An Junichi Satoh Aq junichi@jp.FreeBSD.org +.An Junichi\ Satoh\ Aq junichi@jp.FreeBSD.org .Sh HISTORY The .Nm