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847674Scael.Dd
947674Scael.Dt FL 4 vax
1047674Scael.Os BSD 4
1147674Scael.Sh NAME
1247674Scael.Nm fl
1347674Scael.Nd console floppy interface
1447674Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION
1547674ScaelThis is a simple interface to the
1647674Scael.Tn DEC
1747674Scael.Tn RX01
1820659Smckusickfloppy disk unit, which is part of the console
1947674Scael.Tn LSI-11
2047674Scaelsubsystem for
2147674Scael.Tn VAX-11/780 Ns s .
2220659SmckusickAccess is given to the entire
2320659Smckusickfloppy consisting of 77 tracks of 26 sectors of 128 bytes.
2447674Scael.Pp
2547674ScaelAll I/O is raw; the seek addresses in raw transfers should be a multiple
2620659Smckusickof 128 bytes and a multiple of 128 bytes should be transferred,
2747674Scaelas in other
2847674Scael.Dq raw
2947674Scaeldisk interfaces.
3047674Scael.Sh FILES
3147674Scael.Bl -tag -width /dev/floppy -compact
3247674Scael.It Pa /dev/floppy
3347674Scael.El
3447674Scael.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
3520659SmckusickNone.
3647674Scael.Sh SEE ALSO
3747674Scael.Xr arff 8
3847674Scael.Sh HISTORY
3947674ScaelThe
4047674Scael.Nm
4147674Scaeldriver appeared in
4247674Scael.Bx 4.0 .
4347674Scael.Sh BUGS
4420659SmckusickMultiple console floppies are not supported.
4547674Scael.Pp
4620659SmckusickIf a write is given with a count not a multiple of 128 bytes then
4720659Smckusickthe trailing portion of the last sector will be zeroed.
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