Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:14:27 -0500 (EST) From: Geoffrey Robinson <root@accessv.com> To: "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net> Cc: Geoffrey Robinson <grobin@accessv.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing Floppy Drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971214171312.296B-100000@Sammy> In-Reply-To: <199712142243.WAA30498@out5.ibm.net>
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I've gotten it working, thanks for replying anyway. --- Geoffrey Robinson grobin@accessv.com Oakville, Ontario, Canada. On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Michael G. wrote: > > 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 > ---------------------------------- > >
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