From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 16 00:16:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA18160 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:16:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA18152 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:16:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA29114; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 09:15:50 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA02331; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 09:15:49 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA15609; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 09:15:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19990116091549.B15564@sr.se> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 09:15:49 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: "Roy D. Fulton" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Using the floppy Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: <19990116031305289.AAA222@mail.net1plus.com@redhwk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990116031305289.AAA222@mail.net1plus.com@redhwk>; from Roy D. Fulton on Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 10:19:33PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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! -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message