Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 05:54:33 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Ada <acheng@barrow.uwaterloo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Formatting a dos readable floppy on FreeBSD Message-ID: <199906111054.FAA71267@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Ada <acheng@barrow.uwaterloo.ca> of "Fri, 11 Jun 1999 06:27:18 EDT." <Pine.OSF.3.96.990611062525.13050A-100000@barrow.uwaterloo.ca>
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Ada writes: > Hi, > How can I format a floppy on FreeBSD so that Dos can read it? % ls -l /dev/rfd0.1440 crw-rw---- 1 root operator 9, 3 May 24 08:24 /dev/rfd0.1440 Demonstrate that I'm in an appropriate group to use the above: % id uid=928(dkelly) gid=928(dkelly) groups=928(dkelly), 0(wheel), 5(operator), 68(dialer) % fdformat /dev/rfd0.1440 Format 1440K floppy `/dev/rfd0.1440'? (y/n): y Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. % mkdosfs /dev/rfd0.1440 % It also helps to install /usr/ports/emulators/mtools/ as its a whole lot easier to use mtools to read/write a floppy than to mount the thing: % mdir a: Volume in drive A is 4.4BSD Directory for A:/ No files 1 457 664 bytes free % mcopy .cshrc a: Can't open /dev/rfd0: Permission denied Cannot initialize 'A:' Bad target a: % su Password: # ls -l /dev/rfd0 crw-r----- 9 root operator 9, 0 May 24 08:24 /dev/rfd0 # chmod g+w /dev/rfd0 # exit exit % !mcopy mcopy .cshrc a: % mdir a: Volume in drive A is 4.4BSD Directory for A:/ cshrc~1 1350 06-11-1999 5:52 .cshrc 1 file 1 350 bytes 1 456 128 bytes free % -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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