Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:19:55 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: xxavi@MyRealBox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy disk Message-ID: <20021004181955.GS51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20021004175705.xxavi@MyRealBox.com> References: <20021004174640.GR51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <XFMail.20021004175705.xxavi@MyRealBox.com>
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# xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:57:05 +0200:
> On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > 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
>
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD x.org 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #8: Sun Sep 15 05:39:35
> GMT 2002 root@x.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386
fine
> > 2. which mount
>
> # which mount
> /sbin/mount
fine
> > 3. file `which mount`
>
> ? i don't understand ?
just copy&paste it into your shell. it looks like your /sbin/mount
was some wrapper over the normal mount(8). that grep error message
is highly suspicious. what shell are you using? are you sure it
would admit mount was a shell function or an alias when you asked
with "which"?
> > 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c
>
> # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd
> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory
> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory
> mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured
>
> > 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :)
>
> ? i don't understand ?
i don't know how much simpler i can make it:
is there a floppy disc in the drive?
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