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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnexus!deanstoy!dean From: dean@deanstoy.wa.com (Dean M. Phillips) Subject: Re: FreeBSD: How to mount a floppy? Organization: None whatsoever! Message-ID: <D1zsx7.Jo@deanstoy.wa.com> References: <D1zrMw.Dy@ecf.toronto.edu> <rcjvdb.789423089@asterix.urc.tue.nl> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 16:39:07 GMT Lines: 30 >ficnar@ecf.toronto.edu (FICNAR FRANK G) writes: >> I was just wondering how one formats and mounts a floppy in FreeBSD? [snip] > In article <rcjvdb.789423089@asterix.urc.tue.nl> rcjvdb@urc.tue.nl (Jan van den Bosch) writes: >try: mount /dev/fd0a ... (for 3 1/2", 1.4MB) >or mount /dev/fd0e ... (for 3 1/2", 720kB) Err... This is not the whole answer. The complete answer is: Step 1) Low level format (fdformat) Step 2) High level format (disklabel & newfs or mformat) Step 3) Mount For BSD 4.2 file systems do: fdformat -f 1440 fd0 disklabel -w -B fd0 fd1440 newfs [options-to-taste] fd1a mount /dev/fd0a /fd3.5 For messdos file systems do: fdformat -f 1440 fd0 mformat a: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /fd3.5 Adjust sizes and devices to suit your hardware. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dean M. Phillips PGP mail encouraged dean@deanstoy.wa.com Office: 206-294-1024 Lab: 206-662-0286 Home: 206-488-8282 PGP key on server or finger dphill@leland.stanford.edu or by E-Mail.