svn commit: r43694 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks
Dru Lavigne
dru at FreeBSD.org
Thu Jan 30 15:18:50 UTC 2014
Author: dru
Date: Thu Jan 30 15:18:49 2014
New Revision: 43694
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43694
Log:
Reduce floppy section to a procedure.
Make note to remove this section in 06/15 when 8.4 is EOL'd (references PR155982)
This section will not appear in the print edition.
Sponsored by: iXsystems
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml Thu Jan 30 14:25:06 2014 (r43693)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml Thu Jan 30 15:18:49 2014 (r43694)
@@ -1407,9 +1407,9 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed
</sect1>
<sect1 xml:id="floppies">
- <info>
<title>Creating and Using Floppy Disks</title>
+<!--
<authorgroup>
<author>
<personname>
@@ -1429,101 +1429,55 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed
<contrib>Rewritten by </contrib>
</author>
</authorgroup>
- </info>
+ -->
- <para>Storing data on floppy disks is sometimes useful, for
- example when one does not have any other removable storage media
- or when one needs to transfer small amounts of data to another
- computer.</para>
+ <para>This section explains how to format a 3.5 inch floppy disk
+ in &os;.</para>
- <para>This section explains how to use floppy disks in &os;. It
- covers formatting and usage of 3.5inch DOS floppies, but the
- concepts are similar for other floppy disk formats.</para>
-
- <sect2>
- <title>Formatting Floppies</title>
-
- <sect3>
- <title>The Device</title>
-
- <para>Floppy disks are accessed through entries in
- <filename>/dev</filename>, just like other
- devices. To access the raw floppy disk, simply use
- <filename>/dev/fdN</filename>.</para>
- </sect3>
-
- <sect3>
- <title>Formatting</title>
+ <procedure>
+ <title>Steps to Format a Floppy</title>
<para>A floppy disk needs to be low-level formatted before it
can be used. This is usually done by the vendor, but
- formatting is a good way to check media integrity. Although
- it is possible to force other disk sizes, 1440kB is what
- most floppy disks are designed for.</para>
-
- <para>To low-level format the floppy disk, use
- &man.fdformat.1;. This utility expects the device name as
- an argument.</para>
-
- <para>Make note of any error messages, as these can help
+ formatting is a good way to check media integrity. To
+ low-level format the floppy disk on &os;, use
+ &man.fdformat.1;. When using this utility, make note of any
+ error messages, as these can help
determine if the disk is good or bad.</para>
-
- <sect4>
- <title>Formatting Floppy Disks</title>
-
- <para>To format the floppy, insert a new 3.5inch floppy
+
+ <step>
+ <para>To format the floppy, insert a new 3.5 inch floppy
disk into the first floppy drive and issue:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/sbin/fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
- </sect4>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2>
- <title>The Disk Label</title>
+ </step>
- <para>After low-level formatting the disk, a disk label needs to
- placed on it. This disk label will be destroyed later, but
+ <step>
+ <para>After low-level formatting the disk, create a disk label as
it is needed by the system to determine the size of the disk
- and its geometry.</para>
-
- <para>The new disk label will take over the whole disk and will
- contain all the proper information about the geometry of the
- floppy. The geometry values for the disk label are listed in
+ and its geometry. The supported geometry values are listed in
<filename>/etc/disktab</filename>.</para>
<para>To write the disk label, use &man.bsdlabel.8;:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/bsdlabel -B -w /dev/fd0 fd1440</userinput></screen>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2>
- <title>The File System</title>
-
- <para>The floppy is now ready to be high-level formatted. This
- will place a new file system on it so that &os; can read and
- write to the disk. Since creating the new file system
- destroys the disk label, the disk label needs to be recreated
- whenever the disk is reformatted.</para>
+ </step>
- <para>The floppy's file system can be either UFS or FAT.
+ <step>
+ <para>The floppy is now ready to be high-level formatted with a
+ file system. The floppy's file system can be either UFS or FAT, where
FAT is generally a better choice for floppies.</para>
- <para>To put a new file system on the floppy, issue:</para>
+ <para>To format the floppy with FAT, issue:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/newfs_msdos /dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
- <para>The disk is now ready for use.</para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2>
- <title>Using the Floppy</title>
-
- <para>To use the floppy, mount it with &man.mount.msdosfs.8;.
- One can also use
+ <para>The disk is now ready for use. To use the floppy, mount it with &man.mount.msdosfs.8;.
+ One can also install and use
<package>emulators/mtools</package> from the
Ports Collection.</para>
- </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 xml:id="backups-tapebackups">
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