Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 16:05:47 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: Alberto Pandolfo <alberto@ipmcomms.co.uk>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help! Message-ID: <19980625160547.A1652@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <417C2EBF36C3D111B62D00805F89826305DB@IPMCWNT002>; from Alberto Pandolfo on Thu, Jun 25, 1998 at 01:11:25PM %2B0100 References: <417C2EBF36C3D111B62D00805F89826305DB@IPMCWNT002>
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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 at 13:11 SAT, Alberto Pandolfo wrote: > > I'm novice about UNIX and freebsd. No problem. ;-) > How can I know the name of my floppy device in my machine The first floppy disk are accessed via the device files /dev/fd0* The second one via /dev/fd1* The extensions to the device names refer to the possible disk sizes. > and how can I > read the contents of a disk? Is it an MS-DOS disk? In that case, you have two options: 1. You can mount the floppy disk as an MS-DOS filesystem. See the man page for mount_msdos(8) 2. You can use the "mtools" suite of tools to access files on the floppy. There is a FreeBSD port for mtools. If it's a native FreeBSD (UFS) floppy, refer to the man page for mount(8). > I've heard about mounting the device; what is the command? How does it > work? Refer to the man page above. :-) > Is this the right place for these questions? Absolutely. > where can I get some good > references? Try "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey. Read through the FreeBSD Handbook on http://www.freebsd.org/ > Can you help me? Probably not. ;-) -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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