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Date:      Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:50:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:      xxavi@MyRealBox.com
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   floppy disk
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20021004185021.xxavi@MyRealBox.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021004181955.GS51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>

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On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote:
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># xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:57:05 +0200:
>> On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>> >     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
>>
>> # uname -a    
>> FreeBSD x.org 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #8: Sun Sep 15
>> 05:39:35
>> GMT 2002     root@x.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL  i386
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>     fine
>  
>> >     2. which mount
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>> # which mount 
>> /sbin/mount
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>     fine
>  
>> >     3. file `which mount`
>> 
>> ? i don't understand ?
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>     just copy&paste it into your shell. it looks like your /sbin/mount
>     was some wrapper over the normal mount(8). that grep error message
>     is highly suspicious. what shell are you using? are you sure it
>     would admit mount was a shell function or an alias when you asked
>     with "which"?
> 
>> >     4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c
>> 
>> # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd
>> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory
>> grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory
>> mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured
>> 
>> >     5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :)
>> 
>> ? i don't understand ?
> 
>     i don't know how much simpler i can make it:
>     
>     is there a floppy disc in the drive?
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is there a floppy disc in the drive?

answer: yes



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