Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:18:26 -0500 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: "Roy D. Fulton" <rfulton@net1plus.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using the floppy Message-ID: <36A01312.E232FB61@aei.ca> References: <19990116035055.JTGX682101.mta1-rme@wocker>
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Dan Langille wrote: > > On 15 Jan 99, at 22:19, Roy D. Fulton wrote: > > > I'm new to FreeBSD and am quite rusty with UNIX period. I'm having > > trouble trying to use the floppy. Can anyone give me examples of the > > commands needed to prepare, read, and write to a blank floppy, and also > > how to use DOS floppies? > > I was trying the same thing last night. I was told to do the following: > > format: fdformat /dev/rfd0 > disk label: disklabel -w -r /dev/rfd0 fd1440 > new file system: newfs /dev/rfd0 > > I've been told to do the above, then mount it. Then you can treat it like > any other file system. Use cp to copy, mv to move, etc. > > mount floppy: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt > mount DOS floppy: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt > > The above commands allow you to access the contents of the floppy via the > /mnt directory. > > and remember to unmount: > > umount /mnt > > Hope ths helps. > > -- > Dan Langille > The FreeBSD Diary > http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd Sorry if you receive this message 2 times: my netscape crashed when I was posting it for the first time. See: http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/newbies.html http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/freebsd/xfloppy_drive.html -- [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/] [French piss me off - Cartman, South Park] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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