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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.
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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.
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