From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 14 14:44:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA17478 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:44:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from out5.ibm.net (out5.ibm.net [165.87.194.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA17468 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:44:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikegoe@pop03.ca.us.ibm.net) Received: from aldebaran.ird.rl.af.mil (slip166-72-108-225.ny.us.ibm.net [166.72.108.225]) by out5.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA30498; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 22:43:40 GMT Message-Id: <199712142243.WAA30498@out5.ibm.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Michael G." To: Geoffrey Robinson , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:40:56 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Accessing Floppy Drive X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Michael G." X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal In-reply-to: <3494467F.6B48DB7D@accessv.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.54) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > This is a rather basic question but I'm new to UNIX so you'll have to > excuse me. I can't seem to figure out how to mount, or otherwise access > a UNIX formatted floppy. When I needed to transfer a file from FreeBSD > to Windows I found out how to mount an MS-DOS formatted floppy but when > I try using mount to mount a UNIX formatted floppy (formatted with > fdformat) in fd0 I get an error message about an incorrect super block. > What do I do? I admit I've never messed with a UNIX formatted floppy, but did you check the man page for mount? There is a separate variation of the mount command depending on the type of media you are mounting...might be of some help Michael G. ------------------------------------------------------------ Brought to you by the letters "O" and "S" and the number "2" Live FreeBSD... or Die! COBOL...the language of business! C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN RUN\DOS\RUN ----------------------------------