From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 12:13:32 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 229AD37B401 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:13:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A058743E75 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:13:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 19538 invoked from network); 4 Oct 2002 19:13:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 4 Oct 2002 19:13:06 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 670C12FDAB2; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:13:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:13:03 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy disk Message-ID: <20021004191303.GV51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20021004181955.GS51897@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 # xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 18:50:21 +0200: > ># xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:57:05 +0200: > >> On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: > >> ># 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? > > is there a floppy disc in the drive? > > answer: yes thanks for not top-posting. but, erm, i wonder why you repeat the text you're replying to instead of just typing below it? anyway, can you do the other thing i told you to do? type this into your shell: file `which mount` -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 9:09PM up 17 days, 4:24, 17 users, load averages: 0.37, 0.17, 0.14 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message