Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:05:58 -0800 From: Naydoe Maung <nyingelay@hotpop.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mount floopy disk Message-ID: <200211051105.58587.nyingelay@hotpop.com> In-Reply-To: <20021105125317.GC98973@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <F46y4lKfJPbcLAOzmxW00020f25@hotmail.com> <20021105125317.GC98973@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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On Tuesday 05 November 2002 04:53 am, Matthew Seaman wrote: > 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. > > =09Cheers, > > =09Matthew What are the consequences if I eject the floppy or reboot the system with= out=20 unmounting the floppy? and does it also apply to the CD-ROM too? Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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