From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 14 19:33:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA13642 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:33:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA13634 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:33:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA00402; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:03:17 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971215140317.25691@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:03:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Geoffrey Robinson Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Accessing Floppy Drive References: <19971215091243.56481@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Geoffrey Robinson on Sun, Dec 14, 1997 at 05:11:05PM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, Dec 14, 1997 at 05:11:05PM -0500, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: > > I don't have much of a need to use disketts right now but sooner or later > I will and if I don't find out how to do it now it could come back to > haunt me. > > Anyway, I was sucessful with putting a file system on the floppy and > mounting it. Is this the only was to interact with a floppy the same way > you do in MS-DOS? Otherwise tar seems like the best idea for simple > storage. Well, you can use the MS-DOS commands (mtools, precede the MS-DOS names with an m; for example, mdir, mcopy, etc.). Or tar, which is the second best thing you can do with a floppy (the best thing is to throw it away and use cheap, fast, reliable media, such as tapes). There's enough on this subject in "The Complete FreeBSD". Greg