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"JH Crouch" <ccc1001364@msn.com> writes:

> have just gotten 5.2.1 release installed on my toshiba sat pro 400cs 
> just can't mount the floppy drive
> I've tried a number of solutions , edit /etc/fstab, hint.acpi disabled 
> any options would be appreciated
> ii can mount cdrom 
> and the floppy drive is recognized during boot process 
> thanks

There is an entry in the FreeBSD FAQ on this.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#REMOVABLE-DRIVES