Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 18:15:54 +0200 From: Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net> To: Ali Nasseh <a_nasseh@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with mounting floopy Message-ID: <20020421181554.G82499@mars.thuis> In-Reply-To: <20020421160720.28674.qmail@web10303.mail.yahoo.com>; from a_nasseh@yahoo.com on Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 09:07:20AM -0700 References: <20020421160720.28674.qmail@web10303.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 09:07:20AM -0700, Ali Nasseh wrote: > hi, > i can see my floppy device driver -fd0- at > /dev and /dev/fd but i can't mount the floppy > with this command: > mount /dev/fd0 The command syntax is wrong, see man mount first. mount /dev/fd0 /mnt should mount it on /mnt Don't forget to unmount before you eject the disk! ;-) > or > mount /dev//fd/fd0 > ( the mount point is / ) > i don't know why there must be a bunch of > drivers at /dev and /dev/fd like fd, fd0, fds0,...? These aren't drivers but the specify disklabels in a freebsd slice, i.e.: /dev/ad0s1a ad0 = IDE drive 0 s1 = FreeBSD slice 1 a = the partition, a for /, b for swap.c whole disk, d-z user defined See the handbook for lots of interesting stuff about using FreeBSD > > --a. nasseh > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Gr, -- Axel Scheepers UNIX System Administrator email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net a.scheepers@iae.nl http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel ------------------------------------------ Distinctive, adj.: A different color or shape than our competitors. ------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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