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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!tuegate.tue.nl!asterix.urc.tue.nl!rcjvdb From: rcjvdb@urc.tue.nl (Jan van den Bosch) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD: How to mount a floppy? Date: 6 Jan 95 20:11:29 GMT Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 21 Message-ID: <rcjvdb.789423089@asterix.urc.tue.nl> References: <D1zrMw.Dy@ecf.toronto.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: asterix.urc.tue.nl X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #10 (NOV) ficnar@ecf.toronto.edu (FICNAR FRANK G) writes: > I was just wondering how one formats and mounts a floppy in FreeBSD? >I can successfully mount the boot floppy using mount /dev/fd0 /fd.35. When >I go into the /fd3.5 directory I see the contents of the floppy. >However, if I format a floppy using fdformat and then try to mount that >floppy it gives me ... >Edgar > mount /dev/fd0 /fd3.5 >/dev/fd0 on /fd3.5: Incorrect super block. >Edgar > >Frank Ficnar >ficnar@ecf.toronto.edu try: mount /dev/fd0a ... (for 3 1/2", 1.4MB) or mount /dev/fd0e ... (for 3 1/2", 720kB) Jan v.d. Bosch