From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 11 18:52:53 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA15876 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 18:52:53 -0700 Received: from tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (cp_nairn@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au [131.217.10.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA15869 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 18:52:48 -0700 Received: (from cp_nairn@localhost) by tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA24554; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 11:52:25 +1000 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 11:52:24 +1000 (EST) From: Carey Nairn To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: how to make a bsd formatted floppy disk In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Thanks. I have imprinted it on my brain... :) On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > On Tue, 12 Sep 1995, Carey Nairn wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > this is something I have never wanted to do before but now would like to... > > > > I have used fdformat to format the floppy and then put a disklabel on it > > but I am unable to mount the disk. What am I missing ? > > /sbin/newfs -t 2 -u 18 fd0 # assuming 1.44MB floppy > > Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. > FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy > play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 > ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346 > > ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================