Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:02:26 -0400 From: "Bob Hall" <rjhalljr@starpower.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting a floppy Message-ID: <20030701190226.GA1641@kongemord.krig.net> In-Reply-To: <Law9-F45QptgFrYILoy00005b23@hotmail.com> References: <Law9-F45QptgFrYILoy00005b23@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:25:17PM -0500, Robert Gallimore wrote: > Hello > > I am having a slight problem with FreeBSD 4.8. I cannot seem to mount a > floppy drive. I tried "mount /dev/fd0" but it comes back saying something > like an unrecognized file system or device. How do I mount my floppy drive > in FreeBSD 4.8? Thanks! Try # mount -t msdos -o rw /dev/fd0 /mnt That's a bit much to type, and constant su-ing is a pain in the tuchis, so I use a bash alias. alias monterfd='sudo mount -t msdos -o rw /dev/fd0 /mnt' I type $ monterfd and my password, and the fd is mounted. Bob Hall
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