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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!news.concourse.com!bronze.coil.com!not-for-mail From: echet@coil.com (Eric Chet) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: I have a few questions Date: 25 Jul 1995 07:49:45 -0400 Organization: Central Ohio Internet Link, Inc. (614)242-3814 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3v2lop$cfb@bronze.coil.com> References: <3v0rbh$1r6@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bronze.coil.com In article <3v0rbh$1r6@agate.berkeley.edu>, Michael Heldebrant <hmike@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >How do I format and mount a floppy disk? I have no idea how to do this Hello If you have a 1.4M 3.5" floppy in drive 0. This is the process. I assume this is under FreeBSD 2.0.5. #fdformat /dev/fd0.1440 #disklabel -w -r /dev/fd0.14440 floppy #newfs /dev/fd0.1440 #mount /dev/fd0.1440 /mnt #cd /mnt /* to use the disk */ If you had a 720k disk you would use fd0.720, check /dev/fd* for the supported sizes. Sence we are on the subject, if you want to use a msdos disk. #mount -t msdos /dev/fd0.1440 /mnt When your done using the disk: #umount /mnt I hope this helps. --Eric -- Eric Chet -- echet@coil.com