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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Incorrect super block
Date: 9 Jun 1995 13:04:24 +0200
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Etienne Finet  <efinet@insist.com> wrote:

>I try to mount my floppy drive under FreeBSD
>
>I did: 
>
>mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
>
>the result is:
>
>I get
>
>incorrect super block
>
>What should I do to get this working.

newfs your floppy. :-)  The command you've been using expects a ``ufs''
type floppy, e.g. the boot floppy.

I remember that Jordan has already answered your question, assuming
you intented to mount a ``msdos'' type floppy.

-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)