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From: "L. Scott Emmons" <scotte@center.uscs.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How can I acess a MsDos floopy in FreeBSD 2.1.0 ?
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 11:15:44 -0800
Organization: CableData R&D Center, El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
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To: Paulo Manuel Ferreira das Neves <pneves@student.dei.uc.pt>

Paulo Manuel Ferreira das Neves wrote:
> 
> I try to mount /dev/fd0  /mnt but I receive that the SuperBlock isn't
> define ...
> How can solve this problem ????

Simple:

	$ mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt

Also, make sure you "umount" it before you yank the floppy.
Or else... :-)

Hope this helps.

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    L. Scott Emmons    | CableData R&D Center - El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
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