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Date:      Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:13:03 +0200
From:      Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: floppy disk
Message-ID:  <20021004191303.GV51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20021004185021.xxavi@MyRealBox.com>
References:  <20021004181955.GS51897@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <XFMail.20021004185021.xxavi@MyRealBox.com>

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# xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 18:50:21 +0200:
> ># xxavi@MyRealBox.com / 2002-10-04 17:57:05 +0200:
> >> On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> >> ># 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
> > 
> >     fine
> >  
> >> >     2. which mount
> >> 
> >> # which mount 
> >> /sbin/mount
> > 
> >     fine
> >  
> >> >     3. file `which mount`
> >> 
> >> ? i don't understand ?
> > 
> >     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?
> 
> is there a floppy disc in the drive?
> 
> answer: yes

    thanks for not top-posting. but, erm, i wonder why you repeat the
    text you're replying to instead of just typing below it?

    anyway, can you do the other thing i told you to do?
    type this into your shell:

    file `which mount`

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