Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 09:15:49 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: "Roy D. Fulton" <rfulton@net1plus.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Using the floppy Message-ID: <19990116091549.B15564@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <19990116031305289.AAA222@mail.net1plus.com@redhwk>; from Roy D. Fulton on Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 10:19:33PM -0500 References: <19990116031305289.AAA222@mail.net1plus.com@redhwk>
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On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 10:19:33PM -0500, Roy D. Fulton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to FreeBSD and am quite rusty with UNIX period. I'm having trouble
> trying to use the floppy. Can anyone give me examples of the commands
> needed to prepare, read, and write to a blank floppy, and also how to use
If you only want to place a file on a floppy, to use it on another UNIX
machine, you can use tar to put the file on the raw device /dev/rfd0
Then you don't need to make a file system on the floppy. Really easy
actually.
> DOS floppies?
Use the MSDOS utilities that are in the ports!
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regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_
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