From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 14 19:14:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA12245 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:14:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from emerald.accessv.com (emerald.accessv.com [206.221.248.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA12219 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:14:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@accessv.com) Received: from Sammy (port080-87.accessv.com [209.50.87.80]) by emerald.accessv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA15382; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 22:14:37 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:14:27 -0500 (EST) From: Geoffrey Robinson X-Sender: root@Sammy To: "Michael G." cc: Geoffrey Robinson , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing Floppy Drive In-Reply-To: <199712142243.WAA30498@out5.ibm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've gotten it working, thanks for replying anyway. --- Geoffrey Robinson grobin@accessv.com Oakville, Ontario, Canada. On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Michael G. wrote: > > This is a rather basic question but I'm new to UNIX so you'll have to > > excuse me. I can't seem to figure out how to mount, or otherwise access > > a UNIX formatted floppy. When I needed to transfer a file from FreeBSD > > to Windows I found out how to mount an MS-DOS formatted floppy but when > > I try using mount to mount a UNIX formatted floppy (formatted with > > fdformat) in fd0 I get an error message about an incorrect super block. > > What do I do? > > I admit I've never messed with a UNIX formatted floppy, but did > you check the man page for mount? There is a separate variation > of the mount command depending on the type of media you are > mounting...might be of some help > > Michael G. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Brought to you by the letters "O" and "S" and the number "2" > > Live FreeBSD... or Die! > > COBOL...the language of business! > > C:\DOS > C:\DOS\RUN > RUN\DOS\RUN > ---------------------------------- > >