Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 17:42:19 +0000 From: Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk> To: Clarence Griffin <Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't get the floppy dirve to mount Message-ID: <364091FB.76337D94@ukonline.co.uk> References: <0028FA6B.003144@ed.gov>
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Clarence Griffin wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > I've followed the directions so well written in "The Complete FreeBSD > Guide", on pages 210 through 211 verbatim > > Everything cooks right along, until i try to mount the floppy drive as > /A. > > the command recommend is : > # mount /dev/fd0 /A > > but the unexpected reply from my system is: > > mount: /A: No such file or directory > > I need to write a couple of files down to a floppy prior to > reinstalling my FreeBSD, and would sure like to do this, > > Any suggestions? > > dg Does the directory 'A' actually exist? The mount point you are giving is a directory so if it doesn't exist then make it first, then try again. I call mine floppy: - #cd / (change to root directory) #ls (list files) if no 'A' shows up, then: #mkdir A then try: #mount /dev/fd0 /A et voila :-) -- Christopher Raven E-mail: c.raven@ukonline.co.uk & ICQ: 2254369 http://www.FreeBSD.org/ "The Power To Serve" http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ "A PC is for life, not just for Xmas" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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