Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:19:05 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: "Devnull" <devnull@chello.nl>, "'Tadimeti Keshav'" <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to mount a FAT floppy Message-ID: <200309020919.05289.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <20030901163554.CVPQ6169.amsfep15-int.chello.nl@upc6h0dql8ic3d> References: <20030901163554.CVPQ6169.amsfep15-int.chello.nl@upc6h0dql8ic3d>
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 02:05, Devnull wrote: > Mkdir /mnt/floppy/ > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ? > mkdir /mnt/floppy mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy OR mkdir /mnt/floppy mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Malcolm > > Devnull > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Malcolm Kay > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 3:17 PM > To: Tadimeti Keshav; freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 21:39, Tadimeti Keshav wrote: > > Hi guys, > > Sorry for sending a blank mail. > > How can I mount a (FAT) floppy disk that contains my > > favourite themes? > > > > I have /dev/fd0 directory. > > (This is a device not a directory.) > > > Is this the command: > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy? > > Yes > > > Where is the /floppy directory present? > > You need to make it (first): > # mkdir /floppy > > > man mount_msdos does not give any examples. > > Most of us find mtools a more convenient way of > managing floppies in FAT format. > > Malcolm
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