From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 2 20:47:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15180 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:47:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.cybcon.com (mail.cybcon.com [205.147.64.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15143; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:47:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wwoods@cybcon.com) Received: from cybcon.com (usr1-18.cybcon.com [205.147.76.19]) by mail.cybcon.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id UAA06465; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:46:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36B7D493.D4084B45@cybcon.com> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:46:11 -0800 From: William Woods X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Sean O'Connell" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mtools Problems References: <36B7CDE6.AE2A9B03@cybcon.com> <19990202232632.A28945@stat.Duke.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG OK, I changed it to /dev/rfd0 and get the same error after I type mdir......... plain_io: Input/output error init A: could not read boot sector Cannot initialize 'A:' any ideas for me?? Sean O'Connell wrote: > On 1999 Feb 02, William Woods (aka wwoods@cybcon.com) wrote: > > I have just installed mtools from the ports collection on a 3.0 Stable > > system. Now, when I do a > > mdir a: I get > > > > Can't open /dev/wfd0: Device not configured > > Cannot initialize 'A:' > > > > Any ideas on this? > > > > Here is my mtools.conf > > > > ----------------------- > > # # FreeBSD floppy drives > > drive a: file="/dev/wfd0" > > drive b: file="/dev/wfd1" > > > > > > Any ideas appreciated > > Bill- > > /dev/wfd0 -> zip drive or ls120 > > you want to use > > /dev/rfd0 or /dev/rfd0c (same) > > you probably also want to make sure taht > you have rw perms ot the device. a quick > and dirty approach is to chmod 666 /dev/rfd0 > > try mdir > > S > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sean O'Connell Email: sean@stat.Duke.EDU > Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences Phone: (919) 684-5419 > Duke University Fax: (919) 684-8594 > > Not only am I highly allergic to perfume; it is an environmental toxin! > > http://www.supernet.net/~jackibar/perfume.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message