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29.Dd May 14, 2001
30.Os
31.Dt FDREAD 1
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm fdread
34.Nd read floppy disks

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44.Op Fl t Ar trackno
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48utility reads floppy disks. Effective read blocking based on the track
49size is performed, and floppy-specific error recovery of otherwise
50bad blocks can be enabled.
51.Pp
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29.Dd May 14, 2001
30.Os
31.Dt FDREAD 1
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm fdread
34.Nd read floppy disks

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44.Op Fl t Ar trackno
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48utility reads floppy disks. Effective read blocking based on the track
49size is performed, and floppy-specific error recovery of otherwise
50bad blocks can be enabled.
51.Pp
52The
52.Nm
53.Nm
54utility
53will always read an entire floppy medium, and write its contents to
54the respective output file. Unlike other tools like
55.Xr dd 1 ,
56.Nm
57automatically uses a read block size that is more efficient than
58reading single blocks (usually one track of data at a time), but
59falls back to reading single floppy sectors in case of an input/output
60error occurred, in order to obtain as much valid data as possible.

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145option.
146.El
147.Sh FILES
148.Bl -tag -width /dev/fd0
149.It Pa /dev/fd0
150Default device to read from.
151.El
152.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
55will always read an entire floppy medium, and write its contents to
56the respective output file. Unlike other tools like
57.Xr dd 1 ,
58.Nm
59automatically uses a read block size that is more efficient than
60reading single blocks (usually one track of data at a time), but
61falls back to reading single floppy sectors in case of an input/output
62error occurred, in order to obtain as much valid data as possible.

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147option.
148.El
149.Sh FILES
150.Bl -tag -width /dev/fd0
151.It Pa /dev/fd0
152Default device to read from.
153.El
154.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
155The
153.Nm
156.Nm
154sets the exit value according to
157utility sets the exit value according to
155.Xr sysexits 3 .
156In recovery mode, the exit value will be set to
157.Dv EX_IOERR
158if any error occurred during processing (even in quiet mode).
159.Pp
160Unless running in quiet mode, upon encountering an error, the status
161of the floppy disc controller (FDC) will be printed out, both in
162hexadecimal form, followed by a textual description that translates

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158.Xr sysexits 3 .
159In recovery mode, the exit value will be set to
160.Dv EX_IOERR
161if any error occurred during processing (even in quiet mode).
162.Pp
163Unless running in quiet mode, upon encountering an error, the status
164of the floppy disc controller (FDC) will be printed out, both in
165hexadecimal form, followed by a textual description that translates

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