Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 21:31:04 -0800 (PST) From: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu> To: alissa bader <molbloo@interport.net> Cc: Robert <robert@namodn.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stupid stupid stupid floppy question Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95b.981221212532.19686A-100000@goodall2.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981221232321.12205A-100000@interport.net>
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On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, alissa bader wrote: > > It is useful to put an entry in /etc/fstab, just like the one for the CD, > > except the filesystem would be "msdos" not "cd9660". > > I tried doing this and rebooting. > > Now apparently my computer thinks there should be a bootable, mountable > file on the floppy upon startup. Because I can't get my machine to go > through the startup process. It goes down the list of devices and then > simply hangs, and asks for the name of the complete shell. I'll let someone else tell you HOW to edit /etc/fstab, but I will say that maybe "ed" will work? Anyway, when you do get to your fstab, you want to specify the "noauto" option. The line will look like: # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto 0 0 Kenneth J. Marsh University of Washington durang@u.washington.edu Chemical Engineering To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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