Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 10:13:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: xxavi@MyRealBox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: floppy disk Message-ID: <200210081413.g98EDii10700@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20021007210958.xxavi@MyRealBox.com> from "xxavi@MyRealBox.com" at Oct 07, 2002 09:09:58 PM
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> > # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd > grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory > grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory > mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured > > > *** mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** > > > hi, if the order "mount" means that the device is not > configured,it has to be configured, isn't it?? so, how it has > to be done? Often the 'Device not configured' message appears to mean that you do not have a floppy disk in the drive (or a tape in a tape drive). It can also mean that you have to go in to the /dev directory and do a './MAKEDEV xxx' for it where xxx is the device. Normally you would not actually do a mount for a floppy unless you have a disk that has a file system built on it. A lot of times people just copy things directly to or from the device using 'dd' and in this case you don't actually do a mount. But, if you write a floppy don't make a file system on the disk and mount it, things like grep and ls won't work on it. There are no files for them to look at, just a glob of data. (Actually, I have been having trouble with many machines writing to DAT tape drives (DDS-3 and DDS-4) using dd (or cp) when tar and dump work just fine. But, that is another story and I should post some questions on that separately.) ////jerry > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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