From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 11:20: 3 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 0707037B401 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 976E843E65 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:19:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 19148 invoked from network); 4 Oct 2002 18:19:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 4 Oct 2002 18:19:57 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A160E2FDAB2; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:19:55 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:19:55 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: xxavi@MyRealBox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy disk Message-ID: <20021004181955.GS51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: xxavi@MyRealBox.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20021004174640.GR51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 ****************************************************** * * * DO NOT TOP-POST! * * * ****************************************************** # 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? -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 8:10PM up 17 days, 3:25, 17 users, load averages: 0.10, 0.11, 0.13 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message