From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 4 08:57:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA22624 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:57:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vader.ed.gov (vader.ed.gov [165.224.216.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA22463 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:57:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov) Received: from smtpgwy1.ed.gov (smtpgwy1.ed.gov [165.224.16.166]) by vader.ed.gov (8.9.1a/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA24986 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 11:57:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from ccMail by smtpgwy1.ed.gov (IMA Internet Exchange 2.12 Enterprise) id 0028FA6B; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 11:56:34 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 11:55:41 -0500 Message-ID: <0028FA6B.003144@ed.gov> From: Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov (Clarence Griffin) Subject: can't get the floppy dirve to mount To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folks, I've followed the directions so well written in "The Complete FreeBSD Guide", on pages 210 through 211 verbatim Everything cooks right along, until i try to mount the floppy drive as /A. the command recommend is : # mount /dev/fd0 /A but the unexpected reply from my system is: mount: /A: No such file or directory I need to write a couple of files down to a floppy prior to reinstalling my FreeBSD, and would sure like to do this, Any suggestions? dg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message