From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 5 11: 4: 3 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 6FDC037B401 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:04:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C925443E97 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:04:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nyingelay@hotpop.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 627E92188FC for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:03:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dreambsd (adsl-64-172-60-138.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.172.60.138]) by smtp-1.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FB742F8131; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:03:43 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Naydoe Maung To: Matthew Seaman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mount floopy disk Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 11:05:58 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20021105125317.GC98973@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20021105125317.GC98973@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200211051105.58587.nyingelay@hotpop.com> X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- 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 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