Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 21:45:21 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: spider 90 <spider90@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy mounts Message-ID: <20000321214521.E6493@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000321213240.50217.qmail@hotmail.com>; from spider90@hotmail.com on Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 09:32:40PM %2B0000 References: <20000321213240.50217.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 09:32:40PM +0000, spider 90 wrote: > Well, I have Freebsd installed and am getting things setup pretty good. > Using Kde as my destop manager. The only issue is when I try to mount my > floppy /dev/fd0, I get a message error stating unknown system file or > special system. Exactly what command are you using to mount it? If there is an entry for it in /etc/fstab (there should be), what is it? # cat /etc/fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# [snip] /dev/fd0 /pcfs msdos rw,noauto 0 0 I will probably be /floppy rather than /pcfs. If it is try # mount /floppy > I tried mounting just from the shell but same error. I can > mount the /cdrom. > I bought the complete freebsd 3rd book and it has a section on > mounting, but I am not seeing any error message noted that may arise like > this. I know the floppy drive works because I can boot from it, but can't > mount it now. What obvious thing am I missing? Any suggestions would be > appreciated:) > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Seminars, n.: From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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