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Date:      Fri, 04 Oct 2002 19:03:48 +0200 (CEST)
From:      xxavi@MyRealBox.com
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   floppy disk
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021004190348.xxavi@MyRealBox.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210041409500.8805-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>

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On 04-Oct-2002 John Bleichert wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> 
>> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:46:40 +0200
>> From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
>> 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
> 
> 


Hi, what do you mean when you say filesystem?


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