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Date:      Sat, 30 May 1998 04:04:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dennis Tenn <dstenn@fanfic.org>
To:        "RMIRON.US.ORACLE.COM" <RMIRON@us.oracle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: using a floppy
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980530040337.397A-100000@fanfic.org>
In-Reply-To: <199805282000.NAA20939@mailsun2.us.oracle.com>

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On 28 May 1998, RMIRON.US.ORACLE.COM wrote:

| Greetings, 
|  
| I am running FreeBSD on a pentium platform.  The hardware contains a floppy 
| device.  When I try to use the floppy I can format a disk, but I cannot
| mount 
| the floppy.  The command that I use is: mount /dev/fd0 /floppy.  I get the 
| error message "Incorrect Super Block".  I check the etc/fstab file and it
| does 
| not show anything for /floppy.  There were no super block errors during 
| installation and I have checked the compatibility of the hardware. 
|  
| Does the mount command require any options or am I just missing the point 
| altogether? 
|  
| I checked the FAQ site and there is not much on floppies. 

Try mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy

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