From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 2 08:54:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA12648 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:54:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.0.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA12643 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:54:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tomg@nrnet.org) Received: from mailhost.nrnet.org (root@mailhost.nrnet.org [166.84.192.39]) by mail1.panix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/PanixM1.3) with ESMTP id LAA11843; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:53:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (tomg@localhost) by mailhost.nrnet.org (8.8.7/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA01442; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:13:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:13:21 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Good To: Mark Ovens cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: mounting dos fs, mkdev In-Reply-To: <366560DA.DA8AFEE@uk.radan.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Mark Ovens wrote: > > Should I stick with a dos formatted floppy (how can I mount it?). > As root ``mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt'' Ah...thanks Mark. I was expecting something more arcane (like UnixWare uses). This is std for Linux as well. > Mount DOS HD partitions as for floppy but replace ``fd0'' with the > correct device, something like ``wd0s1a'' Thanks again - do you suppose Western Digital is pleased they get free adverts? > > 3) Finally: I need to get my UUCP conf files happy with an > > internal modem (com4 so it would be /dev/cuaa3...) Of course I get > > the `device not configured' complaint from cu...anyone able to point > > me to a relevant HOWTO or URL? I'm assuming I need to mkdev as sio3 > > is not found on boot diagnostics... > > > > sio[23] are just disabled in the GENERIC kernel. ``-c'' at the boot > prompt, then ``visual'' at the config prompt, to the lower pane, > expand the tree and enable sio[23], quit & save changes. Whew! Thanks alot for the comprehensive reply. > Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It > was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Hmm...do you reckon this thinking accounts for the popular myth that windows business apps should be stocked under `productivity'? (I just love that dancing paperclip...) Cheers, Tom ----------- Sisters of Charity Medical Center ---------- Department of Psychiatry ---- Thomas Good, System Administrator North Richmond CMHC/Residential Services Phone: 718-354-5528 75 Vanderbilt Ave, Quarters 8 Fax: 718-354-5056 Staten Island, NY 10304 www.panix.com/~ugd ---- Powered by PostgreSQL 6.3.2 / Perl 5.004 / DBI-0.91::DBD-PG-0.69 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message