From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 20 06:34:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA05259 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 06:34:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from border.com (janus.border.com [199.71.190.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA05252 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 06:34:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by janus.border.com id <18435-1>; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:33:57 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:33:23 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall To: "k.k phang" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs on a floppy disk In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <96Mar20.093357est.18435-1@janus.border.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, k.k phang wrote: > > Can someone out there tell me how to construct a new file system on a > floppy disk? I do it all the time.... Well maybe 3 times a week. > > This was my attempt, no luck. > > cluck: {10} disklabel -r -w /dev/rfd1a floppy3 try 'disklabel -r -w fd1 floppy3'.... Basically you want to put the label on /dev/rfd1c not /dev/rfd1a. /dev/rfd1a is where you do the 'newfs' ie: 'newfs /dev/rfd1a'... Use can then mount it... If you have any trouble, let me know. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any comments or opinions in this message are my own and may or may not reflect the comments or opinions of my present or previous employers. Jerry Kendall Border Network Technologies Inc. System Software Engineer Tel +1-416-368-7157 ext 303 jerry@border.com Fax +1-416-368-7178