Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 19:44:48 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@freebie.dcfinc.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: jchill@dgsys.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install *actually* friendly Message-ID: <199808050244.TAA09949@freebie.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <199808050025.RAA04543@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Aug 4, 98 05:25:59 pm"
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> >4. Since FreeBSD runs on PC hardware, I would have thought the default
> >configuration would be set up to deal with all the "normal" devices one
> >might expect to find on a PC. Although I don't anticipate using the floppy
> >drive much if at all, still, it *is* there. I would have liked not to have
> >had to manually edit my /etc/fstab just to be able to use my floppy drive.
>
> /etc/fstab is mainly for filesystems that you want mounted at boot time.
> This is usually not desired with floppies. One normally just "mount"s them
> by hand when needed (e.g. mount /dev/fd0a /mnt).
>
> -DG
However an fstab line like:
/dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto 0 0
makes it possible to say:
mount /floppy
which is easier to type and remember.
-crl
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