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Date:      Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:45:00 +0100
From:      Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>
To:        ziqang@yahoo.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Unspecified
Message-ID:  <3A645E6C.335BCA24@gmx.de>
References:  <E14IUOy-0008E2-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>

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Hi,

> > Green hand ( it is me) wants to install the floppy
> > drive to my FreeBSD system, he did:
> >
> > put the floppy disk in the floppy drive( his floppy
> > drive does be working definitely).
> > use: mkdir /floppy
> > then: mount -t msdos/dev/fd0/floppy
> > enter: "not any prompt, just the # displays"
> > but the system did not read the A: drive( the A:drive
> > light did not flash).
> > then :  ls /floppy  or cd /floopy or mount . there was
> > not the A;drive.
> >
> > Can you tell green hand what may be the problem
> > happen?

Not exactly, but use mtools of /usr/ports/emulators/mtools . Very
handy for dealing with DOS-floppies.

Ciao
Siegbert


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