From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 12: 4:53 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 2319337B401 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:04:51 -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 378C943E4A for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 12:04:48 -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 g94H3oG7078165 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:03:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root@x.org.org) Received: (from root@localhost) by x.org.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g94H3mIJ078164 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:03:48 +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: Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 19:03:48 +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 John Bleichert wrote: > On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:46:40 +0200 >> From: Roman Neuhauser >> To: xxavi@MyRealBox.com >> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: Re: floppy disk >> >> 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 >> 2. which mount >> 3. file `which mount` >> 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c >> 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) >> >> -- > > Also, are you sure you've compiled support for floppy disks into your > kernel? Also the support for the filesystem on them? > > ># John Bleichert ># http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg > > Hi, what do you mean when you say filesystem? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message