mounting a floppy

[Bob Hall]

On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:25:17PM -0500, Robert Gallimore wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I am having a slight problem with FreeBSD 4.8. I cannot seem to mount a 
> floppy drive. I tried "mount /dev/fd0" but it comes back saying something 
> like an unrecognized file system or device. How do I mount my floppy drive 
> in FreeBSD 4.8? Thanks!

Try
	# mount -t msdos -o rw /dev/fd0 /mnt
That's a bit much to type, and constant su-ing is a pain in the tuchis, 
so I use a bash alias.
	alias monterfd='sudo mount -t msdos -o rw /dev/fd0 /mnt'
I type
	$ monterfd
and my password, and the fd is mounted.

Bob Hall