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Hello,

You can mount MS-DOS floppies by doing:

mkdir /floppya
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /floppya

df -k <-- Should show your mounted floppy.

If you have a problem you can check and see if:

options	MSDOSFS

in your kernel configuration file.

R.

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Lee Harr wrote:

> > I am trying to mount a floppy. Don't know what is it that I do wrong,
> >  cause it doens't work... I have asked for help before, even here, but the
> >  problem still is not solved :( .
> > 
> 
> 
> Do not mount a DOS floppy. Use mtools instead.
> 
> /usr/ports/emulators/mtools
> 
> 
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