Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:54:34 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: Fortuna <fortuna@efortuna.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Mounting Error Message-ID: <20030623195434.GA27565@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <001501c33810$342814a0$6701a8c0@cn2>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] If memory serves me right, Fortuna wrote: > I am currently having a floppy disk drive problem. I have searched all over the Internet for a solution to my problem and I have not found an answer. You are my last resort. > > For a long time I always mounted the floppy drive by typing, "mount /dev/fd0 /floppy," and it worked fine. Then one day I rebooted the system without unmounting 'fd0,' and now I cannot access it. > > I have tried different command combinations and nothing works. > > I keep on getting the following error: > mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured > > Later after researching my problem, I found out that I could have used 'mtools' all along. When I tried using 'mtools,' to access the 'fd0' I get the following error: > plain_io: Device not configured > init A: could not read boot sector > cannot initialize 'A:' > > Do you have any suggestions. I would really appreciate it if you can help out. This is a list for discussions about writing documentation for FreeBSD. Questions such as this should go to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Good luck! Bruce. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+91r62MoxcVugUsMRAulmAJ0TnANEotvIOi6VNAG1BfHdKj0+VgCg1BuL eQ5v/GE3EeN+QuGApvYAXKE= =7aIH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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