FD(4)

NAME
fd - floppy disk device

DESCRIPTION
Fd are block devices to access the floppy disk drives in raw mode.

They are typically created by:

    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0 b 2 0
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1 b 2 1
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0d360 b 2 4
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1d360 b 2 5
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0h360 b 2 20
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1h360 b 2 21
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0h720 b 2 24
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1h720 b 2 25
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0h1200 b 2 8
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1h1200 b 2 9
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0D360 b 2 12
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1D360 b 2 13
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0D720 b 2 16
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1D720 b 2 17
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0H360 b 2 12
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1H360 b 2 13
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0H720 b 2 16
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1H720 b 2 17
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd0H1440 b 2 28
    mknod -m 660 /dev/fd1H1440 b 2 29
    chown root.floppy /dev/fd*

FILES
/dev/fd*

SEE ALSO
mknod(1), chown(1), mount(8)