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Date:      Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:46:40 +0200
From:      Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
To:        xxavi@MyRealBox.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: floppy disk
Message-ID:  <20021004174640.GR51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20021004172544.xxavi@MyRealBox.com>
References:  <20021004165553.GP51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <XFMail.20021004172544.xxavi@MyRealBox.com>

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# xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200:
> On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> ># xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200:
> >> 
> >> Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my 
> >> floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that
> >> would help me.
> > 
> >     see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies:
> > 
> >     roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 > < ~/bin/newfd 
> >     #!/bin/sh
> > 
> >     fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \
> >      && disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \
> >      && newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440
> 
> Hi, but when I put:  mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that:
> 
> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory
> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory
> mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured
 
    grep? since when does mount(8) call grep?
    and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway?

    ok. do these things:
    1. uname -a
    2. which mount
    3. file `which mount`
    4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c
    5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :)

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