From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 11:51:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00CBE37B401 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from x.org (62-37-163-2.dialup.uni2.es [62.37.163.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D796443E65 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:51:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@x.org.org) Received: from x.org.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by x.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g94GoOG7078115 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:50:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root@x.org.org) Received: (from root@localhost) by x.org.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g94GoMur078114 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:50:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20021004181955.GS51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:50:21 +0200 (CEST) From: xxavi@MyRealBox.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: floppy disk Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > ****************************************************** > * * > * DO NOT TOP-POST! * > * * > ****************************************************** > ># xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:57:05 +0200: >> On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: >> > don't top-post. >> > >> ># xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200: >> >> On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: >> >> ># xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and >> >> >> mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any >> >> >> document that >> >> >> would help me. >> >> > >> >> > see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: >> >> > >> >> > roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 > < ~/bin/newfd >> >> > #!/bin/sh >> >> > >> >> > fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ >> >> > && disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ >> >> > && newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 >> >> >> >> Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: >> >> >> >> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory >> >> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory >> >> mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured >> > >> > grep? since when does mount(8) call grep? >> > and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway? >> > >> > ok. do these things: >> > 1. uname -a >> >> # uname -a >> FreeBSD x.org 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #8: Sun Sep 15 >> 05:39:35 >> GMT 2002 root@x.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 > > fine > >> > 2. which mount >> >> # which mount >> /sbin/mount > > fine > >> > 3. file `which mount` >> >> ? i don't understand ? > > just copy&paste it into your shell. it looks like your /sbin/mount > was some wrapper over the normal mount(8). that grep error message > is highly suspicious. what shell are you using? are you sure it > would admit mount was a shell function or an alias when you asked > with "which"? > >> > 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c >> >> # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd >> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory >> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory >> mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured >> >> > 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) >> >> ? i don't understand ? > > i don't know how much simpler i can make it: > > is there a floppy disc in the drive? > > -- > begin 666 nonexistent.vbs > FreeBSD 4.7-RC > 8:10PM up 17 days, 3:25, 17 users, load averages: 0.10, 0.11, 0.13 > end > is there a floppy disc in the drive? answer: yes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message