# Source: fdutils
# Package: fdutils
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Description: Linux floppy utilities
 This package contains utilities for formatting extra capacity
 disks, for automatic floppy disk mounting and unmounting, etc.
 .
 The package includes the following items:
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   * superformat: formats high capacity disks of (up to 1992k
     for high density disks or up to 3984k for extra density
     disks)
   * fdmount: automatically mounts/unmounts disks when they are
     inserted/removed.
   * xdfcopy: formats, reads and writes OS/2's XDF disks.
   * MAKEFLOPPIES: creates the floppy devices in /dev
   * getfdprm: prints the current disk geometry (number of
     sectors, track and heads etc)
   * setfdprm: sets the current disk geometry
   * fdrawcmd: sends raw commands to the floppy driver
   * floppycontrol: configure the floppy driver
   * General documentation about the floppy driver
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 Note that these utilities do not work for USB floppy drives, because
 there is no direct access to the floppy controller.
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 Homepage http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils/
Description-fr: utilitaires pour disquettes pour Linux
 Ce paquet contient des utilitaires pour formater des disquettes de grande
 capacité, monter et démonter automatiquement une disquette, etc.
 .
 Le paquet inclut les éléments suivants :
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   - superformat : formater des disquettes de grande capacité (jusqu'à
      1992 ko pour les disquettes « high density » et 3984 ko pour les
      disquettes « extra density » ;
   - fdmount : monter et démonter automatiquement des disquettes
      lorsqu'elles sont insérées et retirées ;
   - xdfcopy : formater, lire et écrire des disquettes OS/2 XDF ;
   - MAKEFLOPPIES : créer les périphériques de disquette dans /dev ;
   - getfdprm : afficher la géométrie courante de la disquette
      (nombre de secteurs, pistes, têtes, etc.) ;
   - setfdprm : régler la géométrie courante de la disquette ;
   - fdrawcmd : envoyer des commandes brutes au pilote de disquette ;
   - floppycontrol : configurer le pilote de disquette ;
   - documentation générale sur le pilote de disquette.
 .
 Veuillez noter que ces utilitaires ne fonctionnent pas pour les lecteurs de
 disquette USB car il n'y a pas d'accès direct au contrôleur de disquette.
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