Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:23:30 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, xxavi@MyRealBox.com Subject: Re: floppy disk Message-ID: <20021004182330.GT51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210041409500.8805-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> References: <20021004174640.GR51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210041409500.8805-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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# syborg@stny.rr.com / 2002-10-04 14:11:06 -0400:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > # xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200:
> > > On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > > > 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?
well, the snippet i posted puts ufs on the floppy, and i doubt he
doesn't have support for that in his kernel. :)
(unless, of course, he didn't create the floppy that way. no
indication of that was given)
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