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Date:      Sun, 9 Nov 1997 18:07:18 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Rich Winkel <rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Permissions problem mounting floppy
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971109180550.5065K-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <199711091541.JAA26071@chumbly.math.missouri.edu>

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On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Rich Winkel wrote:

> I should also mention that mount_msdos is setuid to root.
> 
> According to Rich Winkel:
> > I'm running 2.2.5-STABLE.
> > I can only mount floppies as root.  As a regular user, I get:
> > katy> mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /fd
> > mount_msdos: /dev/fd0: Permission denied
> > 
> > Here's my setup:
> > ls -ld /fd
> > drwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel  512 Jun 21 19:09 /fd/
> > 
> > ls -l /dev/fd0*
> > brw-rw-rw-  9 root  operator    2,   0 Jun 21 13:51 /dev/fd0
> > brw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator    2,   4 Jun 21 13:51 /dev/fd0.1200
> > brw-rw-rw-  1 root  operator    2,   3 Jun 21 13:51 /dev/fd0.1440
Ah ha.
I think you need to specify the minor number.
If it's a 3.5" drive, try this:
mount_msdos /dev/fd0.1440 /fd
If it's 5.25",
mount_msdos /dev/fd0.1200 /fd

Give that a whirl.

> > 
> > What's going on????
> > 
> > Thanks for any help!!!
> > 
> > Rich
> > 

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