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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: mount /dev/rfd0 as file system ?
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On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Timothy P. Layton, Sr. wrote:

> Does anyone know how to mount the floppy drive as a file system ??

Generally, floppies aren't formatted for unix, but if it's a FFS disk,
then:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt

Or if it's MSDOS formatted,

mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt

As root.

> I would like to be able to write to the floppy as a file system.

See /etc/disktab (?) for the floppy formatting instructions.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major