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Date:      Tue, 18 Nov 1997 07:23:42 +1100 (EST)
From:      Andrew <perrya@python.shoal.net.au>
To:        Patrick Troy <ptroy@mail.hq.nasa.gov>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Reading the contents of a floppy drive in unix
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.971118072128.8783B-100000@python.shoal.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971117112018.007944f0@mail.hq.nasa.gov>

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Depends if it's a dos floppy or not.

If it's a dos floppy then:
mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt

then the contents of the floppy will be available through /mnt

if not then:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt

Andrew Perry
perrya@shoal.net.au

On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Patrick Troy wrote:

> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:20:20 -0500
> From: Patrick Troy <ptroy@mail.hq.nasa.gov>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Reading the contents of a floppy drive in unix
> 
> Using BSD how do I do it?
> 




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