Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 07:41:32 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble mounting floppy Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021014074132.0136e5e8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20021014041629.36767.qmail@web14707.mail.yahoo.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20021013225325.0136e5e8@mail.sage-one.net>
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At 09:16 PM 10.13.2002 -0700, Wayne Lubin wrote: > >--- "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> wrote: >> At 08:28 PM 10.13.2002 -0700, Wayne Lubin wrote: >> >So I guess my question is what does it mean that >> >/dev/fd0 is not configured and how can I get it >> >configured so that I can start mounting it again. >> > >> >Thanks. >> > >> > >> >--- Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I have been mounting my floppy drive for a long >> >> time. >> >> However, now when I do a >> >> >> >> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy >> >> >> >> it gives me the error msg >> >> >> >> mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured >> >> >> >> It may have to do with the fact that the last >> time I >> >> mounted the floppy I turned off the computer >> without >> >> umount ing it. Thanks for you help. >> >> >> >> Wayne >> >> >> I see no one else has taken a shot at this, so: >> >> 1) do you have a directory "/mnt/floppy" >> 2) do you have the device "fd0" in /dev >> >> ....for starters..... >> >> Best regards, >> Jack L. Stone, >> Administrator >> >> SageOne Net >> http://www.sage-one.net >> jackstone@sage-one.net > >1) yes I have a directory /mnt/floppy >2) yes I have the device fd0 > >come on I am not that stupid haha :) > >So what do you think? Thanks for helping. > >Wayne > It's not a question of assuming that you were stupid, just that it's the "simple" mistakes that get overlooked so many times. What does seem unwise is just turning off a computer..... if that is what you did. Think I'll leave this one to some other member.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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