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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.4 index dfa528389a5..7e744a2a184 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/fdc.4 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: fdc.4,v 1.4 1996/11/10 21:44:41 downsj Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: fdc.4,v 1.6 1996/03/22 01:55:14 andrew Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Andrew C. Wheadon @@ -51,20 +50,30 @@ driver supports the standard AT floppy disk controllers. These include standard IDE, MFM, RLL, EIDE, ESDI and SCSI controllers with floppy attachment. .Pp -When using the -.Nm fdc -driver with -.Nm disklabel -the last letter is used to indicate the floppy size: -.Bl -tag -width indent -.It a: default (probed) geometry of drive, max supported. -.It b: 1.44MB -.It c: 1.2MB -.It d: 360KB/AT (360KB disk in a 1.2 MB drive) -.It e: 360KB/PC (360KB drive) -.It f: 720KB -.It g: 720KB/x (720KB in a 1.2 MB drive) -.It h: 360KB/x (360KB in a 720KB drive) +The standard names of a a floppy drive will take the form +.Nm /dev/fd{0,1,2,3}{,B,C,D,E,F,G,H}[abcdefghijklmnop] . +.Pp +The first component of this path is the unit number, permitting +a total of 4 floppy drives. +The next component is missing for the default geometry (it +would be A, but it is ommited for simplicity) and B-H for the +other 7 geometry types the floppy driver supports. +The last component of the path is the 16 partitions that a floppy +disk can support. +.Pp +The additional geometry types are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx -compact +.It `B' 1.44MB +.It `C' 1.2MB +.It `D' 360KB/AT (360KB disk in a 1.2 MB drive) +.It `E' 360KB/PC (360KB drive) +.It `F' 720KB +.It `G' 720KB/x (720KB in a 1.2 MB drive) +.It `H' 360KB/x (360KB in a 720KB drive) +.El +.Pp +The default geometry is the format specified in the BIOS, and +is typically the largest supported format. .Sh BUGS The .Nm fdc |