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Re: Warning: Stupid Question Follows +How do I mount a floppy?

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Subject: Re: Warning: Stupid Question Follows +How do I mount a floppy?
From: Juan Vera <core.lists.openbsd-misc@core-sdi.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:15:59 -0300
References: <3C7D98A1.F5069FBA@cox-internet.com> <001601c1c005$612b9460$0300000a@VAIO>
Sender: owner-misc@openbsd.org
'For the future, make it easier'  you better get used
to read man pages, /mnt/{floppy, cdrom} are just
conventions.

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter <core.lists.openbsd-misc@core-sdi.com>
To: <misc@openbsd.org>
<misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: Warning: Stupid Question Follows +How do I mount a floppy?


> For the future, make it easier:
> mkdir /mnt/floppy
> mkdir /mnt/cdrom
> vi /etc/fstab
> edit the fstab like:
> /dev/fd0a /mnt/floppy msdos noauto,rw 0 0
> /dev/cd0a /mnt/cdrom cd9660 noauto,ro 0 0
>
> save it with shift zz or shift wq
> now just do a mount /mnt/floppy or mount /mnt/cdrom
> Peter
>
>
> > I will start by saying that I read man mount and tried to use the
> > command listed in the example, since it seemed like that was what I
> > wanted to do:
> >
> > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a mnt/floppy
> >
> > I get an error stating that there is no such directory or file as
> > "/mnt/floppy."
> >
> > How do I mount a floppy on an Open BSD 3.0 system?  TNX, Dennis


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