Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:11:18 -0600 From: "Terry L. Tyson Jr." <ty@tyson.homeunix.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Format floppy problem Message-ID: <20040316171118.GA62000@tyson.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <200403171022.29381.satimis@icare.com.hk> References: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk> <20040316164021.GA61886@tyson.homeunix.org> <200403171022.29381.satimis@icare.com.hk>
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 10:22:29AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > 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 Oops. See first the explainations of formatting by Prodigy and Cordula's Web. Then try the command. ;-) -- Terry L. Tyson Jr. Baytown, Texas USA ty@tyson.homeunix.org
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