Date: 05 Aug 1998 20:38:31 +0200 From: Benedikt Stockebrand <benedikt@devnull.ruhr.de> To: Chris Hill <jchill@dgsys.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install *actually* friendly Message-ID: <87yat3tgt4.fsf@devnull.ruhr.de> In-Reply-To: Chris Hill's message of "Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:21:52 -0400" References: <v03007800b1ed30dc8847@[204.97.64.155]>
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Chris Hill <jchill@dgsys.com> writes:
> 4. Since FreeBSD runs on PC hardware, I would have thought the default
> configuration would be set up to deal with all the "normal" devices one
> might expect to find on a PC. Although I don't anticipate using the floppy
> drive much if at all, still, it *is* there. I would have liked not to have
> had to manually edit my /etc/fstab just to be able to use my floppy drive.
Most people I know use their floppy drives either via tar/pax/cpio and
don't bother with a file system at all or use the mtools to access a
FAT file system without the hassle of mounting and unmounting it.
If you really want to mount floppies you're best off with a set of
different mount points and different /etc/fstab entries for the
different file systems. But that's usually just not worth the
hassle.
So long,
Ben
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