From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 16 09:01:20 2004 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 D21AB16A4CF for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:01:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpo01.icare.priv (unknown [203.78.64.148]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4D4543D3F for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:01:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from satimis@icare.com.hk) Received: from smtpi02.icare.priv ([10.11.12.45]) by smtpo01.icare.priv with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:01:08 +0800 Received: from 203.88.164.46 ([203.88.164.46]) by smtpi02.icare.priv with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:01:08 +0800 From: Stephen Liu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:22:29 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk> <20040316164021.GA61886@tyson.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20040316164021.GA61886@tyson.homeunix.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200403171022.29381.satimis@icare.com.hk> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Mar 2004 17:01:08.0193 (UTC) FILETIME=[469D9510:01C40B78] Subject: Re: Format floppy problem 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, 16 Mar 2004 17:01:21 -0000 On Wednesday 17 March 2004 00:40, Terry L. Tyson Jr. wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 09:21:34AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > FreeBSD 5.2 > > ========== > > > > Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, > > etc. > > > > But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with > > > > $ fdformat /dev/fd0 > > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > > Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. > > > > they could not be mounted > > > > $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy > > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument > > > > I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this > > problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. > > > > Try your mount command again without the "-t msdos" since it isn't a > dos formatted disk. Hi Terry, $ mount /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy mount: /dev/fd0 on /usr/home/user/floppy: incorrect super block $ mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy mount: exec mount_vfat not found in /sbin:/usr/sbin: No such file or directory $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument Stephen