how to mount a FAT floppy

[Malcolm Kay]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 02:05, Devnull wrote:
> Mkdir /mnt/floppy/
> mount /dev/fd0  /mnt/floppy ?
>
 mkdir /mnt/floppy
 mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

OR
 mkdir /mnt/floppy
 mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

Malcolm

>
> 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