how to mount a FAT floppy

[Devnull]

Mkdir /mnt/floppy/
mount /dev/fd0  /mnt/floppy ?


Devnull 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Malcolm Kay
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 3:17 PM
To: Tadimeti Keshav; freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org

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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