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Date:      Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:48:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Gravel, Emmanuel (AZ77)" <Emmanuel.Gravel@CAS.honeywell.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Floppy won't mount anymore
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161248000.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <417E587B9C99D111A1010000F803B7CE4DD82E@az77-revere.bcasd.az.honeywell.com>

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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Gravel, Emmanuel (AZ77) wrote:

> Yesterday, I had modified my fstab to show /dev/fd0.1440
> as being an msdos floppy, read/write, 0 and 0 (didn't do
> an noauto at first).  It mounted properly and I was able
> to retrieve the files from one of my disks.  I shutdown
> without umounting the drive and I kept the line in the
> fstab (still without the noauto option).

Barf.  That means you have to have a disk in the drive at boot or the boot
will fall over.  Don't do that, use noauto.

Dunno about your other problems; did you try cold booting the machine?

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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