From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 17 00:05:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA21291 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:05:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA21282 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:05:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA03197 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 09:05:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA02041 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 09:05:24 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA04157 for questions@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 09:05:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19981217090523.B4062@sr.se> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 09:05:23 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: floppy Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: <199812162338.PAA16030@pau-amma.whistle.com> <19981217102715.V486@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19981217102715.V486@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 10:27:15AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 10:27:15AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 16 December 1998 at 15:38:53 -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 18:14:33 -0500 (EST) > >> From: Chris McCoy > > > >> i am having trouble mounting the floppy > > > >> i do mount /dev/fd0 /mnt > > In particular, you should ask yourself if you even want a file system > on a floppy. In general, you'd be well advised to avoid floppies: > they're slow, unreliable and expensive per unit storage. About the > only thing you should use them for is exchange of small quantities of > data, and file systems are unsuited for that. If you're exchanging > with UNIX systems, use tar on the raw floppy instead. Wow, this mailing list is really a school. I've never realized that you could use tar direct to the floppy. Tried it and its quick and really easy. Thanks for the class! -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... .. Oh, wait a minute, he already does." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message