From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 5 4:53:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC2837B406 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 04:53:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 605D343E97 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 04:53:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA5CrMMO099352 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:53:22 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA5CrHSj099351 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:53:17 GMT Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 12:53:17 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mount floopy disk Message-ID: <20021105125317.GC98973@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-10.6 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:29:45PM +0000, Tiago Andre wrote: > I like to know how do i mount my floopy disk i try: > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt > and > mount /dev/fd0c /mnt > but the anwser is incorrect super block These are DOS format floppies? The best advice is "don't bother mounting the disks". Just install the emulators/mtools port, which lets you use DOS-like commands to access the floppy: mdir a: mcopy filename.txt a: etc. This has a number of advantages over actually mounting the floppy: - you don't need root privilege to use mtools - you can eject and swap floppy disks at will, without getting grief from the OS - similarly you won't run into problems trying to write data to a write protected floppy disk. Note that those last two effects are not just annoying but can in some circumstances lead to system crashes or having to reboot the machine to clear the errors. Now, if I haven't scared you off enough, the literal answer to your question is: # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt That has to be done as root: you'll need to install sudo or similar to make it possible for ordinary users to do that securely. Always remember to unmount the disk before ejecting it. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message