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
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</sect1>
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<sect1 xml:id="floppies">
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<info>
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<title>Creating and Using Floppy Disks</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<personname>
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<contrib>Rewritten by </contrib>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</info>
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<para>Storing data on floppy disks is sometimes useful, for
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example when one does not have any other removable storage media
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or when one needs to transfer small amounts of data to another
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computer.</para>
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<para>This section explains how to format a 3.5 inch floppy disk
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in &os;.</para>
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<para>This section explains how to use floppy disks in &os;. It
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covers formatting and usage of 3.5inch DOS floppies, but the
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concepts are similar for other floppy disk formats.</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Formatting Floppies</title>
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<sect3>
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<title>The Device</title>
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<para>Floppy disks are accessed through entries in
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<filename>/dev</filename>, just like other
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devices. To access the raw floppy disk, simply use
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<filename>/dev/fdN</filename>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Formatting</title>
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<procedure>
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<title>Steps to Format a Floppy</title>
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<para>A floppy disk needs to be low-level formatted before it
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can be used. This is usually done by the vendor, but
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formatting is a good way to check media integrity. Although
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it is possible to force other disk sizes, 1440kB is what
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most floppy disks are designed for.</para>
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<para>To low-level format the floppy disk, use
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&man.fdformat.1;. This utility expects the device name as
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an argument.</para>
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<para>Make note of any error messages, as these can help
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formatting is a good way to check media integrity. To
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low-level format the floppy disk on &os;, use
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&man.fdformat.1;. When using this utility, make note of any
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error messages, as these can help
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determine if the disk is good or bad.</para>
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<sect4>
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<title>Formatting Floppy Disks</title>
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<para>To format the floppy, insert a new 3.5inch floppy
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<step>
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<para>To format the floppy, insert a new 3.5 inch floppy
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disk into the first floppy drive and issue:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/sbin/fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
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</sect4>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</step>
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<sect2>
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<title>The Disk Label</title>
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<para>After low-level formatting the disk, a disk label needs to
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placed on it. This disk label will be destroyed later, but
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<step>
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<para>After low-level formatting the disk, create a disk label as
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it is needed by the system to determine the size of the disk
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and its geometry.</para>
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<para>The new disk label will take over the whole disk and will
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contain all the proper information about the geometry of the
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floppy. The geometry values for the disk label are listed in
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and its geometry. The supported geometry values are listed in
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<filename>/etc/disktab</filename>.</para>
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<para>To write the disk label, use &man.bsdlabel.8;:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/bsdlabel -B -w /dev/fd0 fd1440</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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</step>
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<sect2>
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<title>The File System</title>
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<para>The floppy is now ready to be high-level formatted. This
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will place a new file system on it so that &os; can read and
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write to the disk. Since creating the new file system
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destroys the disk label, the disk label needs to be recreated
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whenever the disk is reformatted.</para>
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<para>The floppy's file system can be either UFS or FAT.
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<step>
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<para>The floppy is now ready to be high-level formatted with a
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file system. The floppy's file system can be either UFS or FAT, where
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FAT is generally a better choice for floppies.</para>
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<para>To put a new file system on the floppy, issue:</para>
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<para>To format the floppy with FAT, issue:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/newfs_msdos /dev/fd0</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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<para>The disk is now ready for use.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Using the Floppy</title>
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<para>To use the floppy, mount it with &man.mount.msdosfs.8;.
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One can also use
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<para>The disk is now ready for use. To use the floppy, mount it with &man.mount.msdosfs.8;.
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One can also install and use
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<package>emulators/mtools</package> from the
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Ports Collection.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 xml:id="backups-tapebackups">
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