From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 14 14:43:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA17325 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:43:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA17307 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:43:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA12391; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 09:12:43 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971215091243.56481@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 09:12:43 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: grobin@accessv.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing Floppy Drive References: <3494467F.6B48DB7D@accessv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <3494467F.6B48DB7D@accessv.com>; from Geoffrey Robinson on Sun, Dec 14, 1997 at 03:50:07PM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, Dec 14, 1997 at 03:50:07PM -0500, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: > This is a rather basic question but I'm new to UNIX so you'll have > to excuse me. I can't seem to figure out how to mount, or otherwise > access a UNIX formatted floppy. Why do you want to do this? > When I needed to transfer a file from FreeBSD to Windows I found out > how to mount an MS-DOS formatted floppy but when 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? You already have the simple answer from somebody else. But he didn't tell you that this will waste nearly half the capacity of the floppy. Normally, it's not a good idea to put file systems on floppy. You can't use them to exchange data with other (non-BSD) UNIX systems, either, since the format differs from one UNIX system to another. If you want to use the floppy for backup or transfer purposes, tar is better, and it doesn't require a file system. To copy files to the floppy, enter: # tar cvf /dev/rfd0 To extract them into the current directory or in a subdirectory of the current directory, enter: # tar xvf /dev/rfc0 If you omit the when extracting, it will extract everything for you. Greg