Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:39:48 +0200 From: "Prodigy" <prodigy@punktas.lt> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Format floppy problem Message-ID: <004501c40b75$501d8e90$1e00a8c0@prodigy> References: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk>
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When u formated your floppy, u have to use disklabel to label floppy disc: disklabel -w -r /dev/fd0 fd1440 and then u have to make new file system on that floppy: newfs /dev/fd0 That's all, now u can mount your floppy disc. > Hi folks, > > FreeBSD 5.2 > ========== > > Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, etc. > > But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with > > $ fdformat /dev/fd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. > > they could not be mounted > > $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument > > I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this > problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. > > TIA > > Stephen Liu > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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