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Date:      Thu, 28 May 1998 23:44:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        "RMIRON.US.ORACLE.COM" <RMIRON@us.oracle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: using a floppy
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980528234300.5747D-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <199805282000.NAA20939@mailsun2.us.oracle.com>

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Is it a dos floppy or a unix floppy?
Of course if you formatted it, it's neither.

On 28 May 1998, RMIRON.US.ORACLE.COM wrote:

> Greetings, 
>  
> I am running FreeBSD on a pentium platform.  The hardware contains a floppy 
> device.  When I try to use the floppy I can format a disk, but I cannot
> mount 
> the floppy.  The command that I use is: mount /dev/fd0 /floppy.  I get the 
> error message "Incorrect Super Block".  I check the etc/fstab file and it
> does 
> not show anything for /floppy.  There were no super block errors during 
> installation and I have checked the compatibility of the hardware. 
>  
> Does the mount command require any options or am I just missing the point 
> altogether? 
>  
> I checked the FAQ site and there is not much on floppies. 
>  
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