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Date:      Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:11:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        xxavi@MyRealBox.com
Subject:   Re: floppy disk
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210041409500.8805-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021004174640.GR51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>

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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote:

> 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
> 
>     don't top-post.
> 
> # 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 :)
> 
> -- 

Also, are you sure you've compiled support for floppy disks into your 
kernel? Also the support for the filesystem on them?


#  John Bleichert 
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