From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 12:05:44 2003 Return-Path: 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 9CDF237B401 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 243DA44005 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:05:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rjhalljr@starpower.net) Received: from 66-44-62-108.s108.tnt5.lnhva.md.dialup.rcn.com ([66.44.62.108] helo=svold.krig.net) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 19XQRj-0002Qv-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:05:44 -0400 Received: by svold.krig.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:02:26 -0400 From: "Bob Hall" Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:02:26 -0400 To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030701190226.GA1641@kongemord.krig.net> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: mounting a floppy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 19:05:44 -0000 On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:25:17PM -0500, Robert Gallimore wrote: > Hello > > I am having a slight problem with FreeBSD 4.8. I cannot seem to mount a > floppy drive. I tried "mount /dev/fd0" but it comes back saying something > like an unrecognized file system or device. How do I mount my floppy drive > in FreeBSD 4.8? Thanks! Try # mount -t msdos -o rw /dev/fd0 /mnt That's a bit much to type, and constant su-ing is a pain in the tuchis, so I use a bash alias. alias monterfd='sudo mount -t msdos -o rw /dev/fd0 /mnt' I type $ monterfd and my password, and the fd is mounted. Bob Hall