From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 11:12:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3CC37B401 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:12:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-94-58-56.stny.rr.com [24.94.58.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31C1143E3B for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:12:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id D84254FC9B; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:11:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2BB74A0D; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:11:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:11:06 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: xxavi@MyRealBox.com Subject: Re: floppy disk In-Reply-To: <20021004174640.GR51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:46:40 +0200 > From: Roman Neuhauser > To: xxavi@MyRealBox.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: floppy disk > > don't top-post. > > # xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200: > > On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > ># xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: > > >> > > >> Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my > > >> floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that > > >> would help me. > > > > > > see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: > > > > > > roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 > < ~/bin/newfd > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > > fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ > > > && disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ > > > && newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 > > > > Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: > > > > grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory > > grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory > > mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured > > grep? since when does mount(8) call grep? > and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway? > > ok. do these things: > 1. uname -a > 2. which mount > 3. file `which mount` > 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c > 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) > > -- Also, are you sure you've compiled support for floppy disks into your kernel? Also the support for the filesystem on them? # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message