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 fdswap(ADM)                     19 June 1992                     fdswap(ADM)


 Name

    fdswap - swap default boot floppy drive

 Syntax

    fdswap [ on|off ]

 Description

    fdswap tells the CMOS to swap the default floppy drive used to read boot
    information at boot time. For example, if your computer defaults to read
    boot information on drive A, fdswap on changes the default drive to drive
    B.

    fdswap with no arguments reports the current fdswap state, on or off.
    fdswap off switches the drive setting back to the default configuration.
    Changing the drives take effect on the next boot of the system.

 Notes

    Support for this functionality is only available on a small number of ma-
    chines.  The ROMs must recognize and interpret the CMOS flag that speci-
    fies that the floppy drives are swapped.


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