Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 15:43:27 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU> To: Geoffrey Robinson <grobin@accessv.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing Floppy Drive Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.971214154049.32292A-100000@Bayou.UH.EDU> In-Reply-To: <3494467F.6B48DB7D@accessv.com>
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> I try using mount to mount a UNIX formatted floppy (formatted with > fdformat) in fd0 I get an error message about an incorrect super block. > What do I do? Check out /etc/disktab for info on the full procedure to create a UNIX format floppy. If all you did was to fdformat it, then you just did a low level format (man fdformat.) In order to make it a UNIX disk, you need to run disklabel and newfs on it. Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations http://www.freebsd.org ******************************************************************************* We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of our exploring shall be to arrive Where we started from, and know the place for the first time. --T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets *******************************************************************************
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