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mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy  should also  work pretty well

jmdupoux_@_lineone.net




---------------------------- Original message ---------------------------------
Ali,

  Hi.  I could be wrong but your disk is FAT formatted, try this:

mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

and that _should_ work just fine.
  Best wishes.

-lewiz.

On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 17:21, Ali Nasseh wrote:
> hi,
> i have some data under windows 98 and i got to read
> them under freebsd
> (i shared them in a x86 box).
> i can accomplish this task clearly under linux(redhat
> 7.2),
> but when i try to mount the floppy nder freebsd with:
> #mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
> error message "incorrect super block" appears.
> the questions are:
> 1.if i format a floppy under windows98 and copy some
> data to it,
>   is there a chance to read that data(or mount that
> floppy) under freebsd?
> 2.can freebsd to read the fat(16 or 32)? if so, how?
>   (tell me please, if i can move some data in a floppy
> from windows to freebsd)
> 3.what's the error message "incorrect super block"
> for, and
>   how can fix it?
> 4.i can't label my floppy after i format it with
> fdformat command
>   under freebsd? is that neccessary for mounting
> floppies?
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> --thanx a lot
> --a. nasseh
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