Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 23:26:22 -0700 From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is the syntax for mounting the drive A Message-ID: <39FA718E.B9733AA1@wiegand.org> References: <20001027133424.9369.qmail@web4301.mail.yahoo.com>
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Ian Thomas wrote: > > It is usually /dev/fd0 that you want to mount. On my fbsd4.0 machines its /dev/fd0a > Remember that Unix makes all devices files. Example > mount -t ffs /dev/fd0 /floppy And if you are wanting to mount a msdos floppy use mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /floppy If I remember correctly there is a /usr/floppy made automaticly (I could be remembering wrong though), but I always make /floppy to save a few keystrokes. > > This example takes into account that you are mounting > a fast file system(the t option is used to specify > file system type) and that your floppy name is fd0 in > the /dev directory. Also make sure you have created a > floppy directory if there is not one already. > > hope this helps > Ian > --- France Gerson Bala <fgbullet2@hotmail.com> wrote: > > What is the syntax for mounting the floppy drive A? > > > > > > Thanx, > > Bullet.... > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own > > public profile at > > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > > the message > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Chip W. www.wiegand.org Alternative Operating Systems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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