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Date:      Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:26:00 -0600
From:      jacks@sage-american.com
To:        "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, "FBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Mount floppy command
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20011222102600.01691728@mail.sage-american.com>
In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEDCCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>

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#mkdir /mnt/floppy
#chmod 0777 /mnt/floppy

For A-drive floppy using msdos (subst other FS), add to FSTAB:
/dev/fd0     /mnt/floppy   msdos   rw  0       0

then: #mount -a

#ls /mnt/floppy
...that should mount and see contents of floppy

You may want to make the mount options "rw,noauto"


At 10:54 AM 12.22.2001 -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
>
>I issue mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt to mount floppy drive A.
>
>The mount /cdrom command mounts my cdrom drive.
>
>I tried mount /floppy  but no such luck.
>
>Is there some short cut command like for cdrom? 
>
>Could I bury the mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt command
>In a script?   What would it look like?
>Where must it be placed to work? 
>
>Thanks
>Joe
>
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Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Server Admin

Sage-American
http://www.sage-american.com
jacks@sage-american.com

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