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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:15:21 +1000
From: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au>
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To: Jilani Khaldi <delphi@agata.clio.it>
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Subject: Re: mounting a floppy disk...
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Jilani Khaldi wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> when I do:
>   mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
> I receive the message:
>   incorrect type block
> 
> I am missing something?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> ps: I am working with FreeBSD 3.1
> 
> jk
> 
You haven't specified the media (file system) type, try:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
if it's a msdos formatted floppy.
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