Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:47:26 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't get the floppy dirve to mount Message-ID: <199811041747.JAA18352@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <0028FA6B.003144@ed.gov>
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>Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 11:55:41 -0500 >From: Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov (Clarence Griffin) > I've followed the directions so well written in "The Complete FreeBSD > Guide", on pages 210 through 211 verbatim > Everything cooks right along, until i try to mount the floppy drive as > /A. > the command recommend is : > # mount /dev/fd0 /A > but the unexpected reply from my system is: > mount: /A: No such file or directory > Any suggestions? # mkdir /A (The directory to be used as a "mount point" for the "mount" command needs to exist before the command is issued. In its arguably cryptic message, the mount command is complaining that there is no directory named /A.) david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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