Re: how to mount a FAT floppy

From: Malcolm Kay (malcolm.kay_at_internode.on.net)
Date: 09/01/03

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    To: Tadimeti Keshav <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:47:17 +0930

    On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 21:39, Tadimeti Keshav wrote:
    > Hi guys,
    > Sorry for sending a blank mail.
    > How can I mount a (FAT) floppy disk that contains my
    > favourite themes?
    >
    > I have /dev/fd0 directory.

    (This is a device not a directory.)

    > Is this the command:
    > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy?

    Yes

    > Where is the /floppy directory present?
    >

    You need to make it (first):
    # mkdir /floppy

    >
    > man mount_msdos does not give any examples.
    >

    Most of us find mtools a more convenient way of
    managing floppies in FAT format.

    Malcolm

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