Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:40:21 -0600 From: "Terry L. Tyson Jr." <ty@tyson.homeunix.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Format floppy problem Message-ID: <20040316164021.GA61886@tyson.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk> References: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk>
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 09:21:34AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > FreeBSD 5.2 > ========== > > Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, etc. > > But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with > > $ fdformat /dev/fd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. > > they could not be mounted > > $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument > > I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this > problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. > > TIA > > Stephen Liu Try your mount command again without the "-t msdos" since it isn't a dos formatted disk. -- Terry L. Tyson Jr. Baytown, Texas USA ty@tyson.homeunix.org
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