Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ee.und.ac.za!ucthpx!iafrica.com!ticsa.com!cstatd.cstat.co.za!aztec.co.za!harverso.aztec.co.za!user From: harverso@aztec.co.za (Tony Harverson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: mounting DOS volumes/floppies Date: 14 Sep 1995 11:08:33 GMT Organization: Connectivity Lines: 19 Message-ID: <harverso-1409951311220001@harverso.aztec.co.za> References: <42334s$nuh@gol1.gol.com> <42qbc2$snv@legba.synergy.net> <4360ub$svc@newserv.ksu.ksu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: harverso.aztec.co.za In article <4360ub$svc@newserv.ksu.ksu.edu>, Joe Diehl <joed@ksu.ksu.edu> wrote: > >I use the command mount_msdos /etc/fd0 /floppy > > > >where /floppy is a prebuilt directory. umount /floppy will unmount > >it. You must be root to do this stuff. > > To expand on the question further, how do you "prebuild" a directory hmm... bad choice of words I think ;) He just meant that the directory must be in place before you execute the mount command. As in : mkdir /floppy (or as a friend of mine calls his, /br - for Bill's Revenge ;) mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy Tony