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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: A: Drive?!?!?
Date: 30 Oct 1996 10:40:44 -0000
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In article <87budmyuwb.fsf@bedrock.gaffaneys.com>,
	Zach Heilig <zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com> writes:
>>>>>> "Charlie" == Charlie Sorsby <crs@lanl.gov> writes:
[.....]
: Charlie> Must I put a Unix file system on the diskette to be able
: Charlie> to mount it?
: 
: Yes, this is from /etc/disktab:
[.....]

or if you have a DOS format floppy, do a

mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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