Re: questions about floppy disk
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Olivier Regnier wrote: Hi everyone, I have two questions about floppy disk with FreeBSD. How add a UFS filesystem to use the diskette for transfering files ? I think with this command but i'm not sure because, i can't check for the moment. # newfs /dev/fd0 To mount a floppy disk with ufs filesystem, i must use this command ? # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Thank you for your help Bye bye, Olivier Regnier try mtools, from the ports. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
questions about floppy disk
Hi everyone, I have two questions about floppy disk with FreeBSD. How add a UFS filesystem to use the diskette for transfering files ? I think with this command but i'm not sure because, i can't check for the moment. # newfs /dev/fd0 To mount a floppy disk with ufs filesystem, i must use this command ? # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Thank you for your help Bye bye, Olivier Regnier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: questions about floppy disk
At 07:21 PM 6/24/2007 +0200, Olivier Regnier wrote: I have two questions about floppy disk with FreeBSD. How add a UFS filesystem to use the diskette for transfering files ? I think with this command but i'm not sure because, i can't check for the moment. # newfs /dev/fd0 To mount a floppy disk with ufs filesystem, i must use this command ? # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Thank you for your help Bye bye, Olivier Regnier http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/floppies.html -JD ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problème avec le floppy disk.
Bonjour, Nous avons un problème au moment de l'installation d'un de nos logiciel: Lorsque que nous insérons une disquette et lançons notre commande d'installation, le message suivant apparait: /dev/fd0: Cannot read :Input/Output error At Beginning of tape - Quitting now Error is not recoverable: Exiting now Néanmoins, le lecteur de disquette fonctionne car nous utilisons plusieurs autres disquettes avant la disquette d'installation. Nous avons vérifié le BIOS et tout parait bien configuré... Pouvez vous nous aidez à résoudre notre problème? Cordialement ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problème avec le floppy disk.
Tribal, Grégory wrote: Bonjour, Nous avons un problème au moment de l'installation d'un de nos logiciel: Lorsque que nous insérons une disquette et lançons notre commande d'installation, le message suivant apparait: /dev/fd0: Cannot read :Input/Output error At Beginning of tape - Quitting now Error is not recoverable: Exiting now Néanmoins, le lecteur de disquette fonctionne car nous utilisons plusieurs autres disquettes avant la disquette d'installation. Nous avons vérifié le BIOS et tout parait bien configuré... Est-ce la disquette fonctionne? Est-ce que le filesystem de la disquette est de type msdosfs? Est-ce que vous pouvez lire la disquette sur une autre machine? Si vous pouvez répondre en anglais, vous aurez plus d'aide, cette liste est majoritairement anglophone. Je ne connais pas de liste francophone existe pour freebsd. Merci, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problème avec le floppy disk.
David Landgren wrote: Tribal, Grégory wrote: Bonjour, Nous avons un problème au moment de l'installation d'un de nos logiciel: Lorsque que nous insérons une disquette et lançons notre commande d'installation, le message suivant apparait: /dev/fd0: Cannot read :Input/Output error At Beginning of tape - Quitting now Error is not recoverable: Exiting now Néanmoins, le lecteur de disquette fonctionne car nous utilisons plusieurs autres disquettes avant la disquette d'installation. Nous avons vérifié le BIOS et tout parait bien configuré... Est-ce la disquette fonctionne? Est-ce que le filesystem de la disquette est de type msdosfs? Est-ce que vous pouvez lire la disquette sur une autre machine? Si vous pouvez répondre en anglais, vous aurez plus d'aide, cette liste est majoritairement anglophone. Je ne connais pas de liste francophone existe pour freebsd. http://www.freebsd.org/fr/community/mailinglists.html Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:41:10PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski typed: Loren M. Lang writes: I don't know why this is, it should still be possible, especially since you can mount cdroms. /dev/fd0 is read/write by root right? And the disk already had a formatted filesystem on it before you tried mounting it? Yes to both questions. But it must be securelevel, because it works on the test machine. The man page doesn't say anything about this restriction, though, nor is it obvious from what the page does say. From the securelevel manpage (which is symlinked to init(8) ): 1 Secure mode - the system immutable and system append-only flags may not be turned off; disks for mounted file systems, /dev/mem, /dev/kmem and /dev/io (if your platform has it) may not be opened for writing; kernel modules (see kld(4)) may not be loaded or unloaded. 2 Highly secure mode - same as secure mode, plus disks may not be opened for writing (except by mount(2)) whether mounted or not. This level precludes tampering with file systems by unmounting them, but also inhibits running newfs(8) while the system is multi- user. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
Ruben de Groot writes: 1 Secure mode - the system immutable and system append-only flags may not be turned off; disks for mounted file systems, /dev/mem, /dev/kmem and /dev/io (if your platform has it) may not be opened for writing; kernel modules (see kld(4)) may not be loaded or unloaded. Disks for mounted file systems ... but the floppy disk was not mounted. Indeed, the problem was just that: I couldn't mount it. 2 Highly secure mode - same as secure mode, plus disks may not be opened for writing (except by mount(2)) whether mounted or not. This level precludes tampering with file systems by unmounting them, but also inhibits running newfs(8) while the system is multi- user. I wasn't trying to open the diskette for writing. Even a read-only attempt to mount the diskette failed. If securelevel=3 prohibits mounting floppy disks, then the documentation should say something like floppy disks cannot be mounted at this level. -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 05:11:37PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: Loren M. Lang writes: Do you mean install a 1440k floppy image onto a disk or just copy a file smaller than 1440k onto the msdos fs of an already formatted floppy. Specifically, I was trying to generate an installation boot floppy for FreeBSD, in order to install it on my other machine (which is too old to boot from CD). If you were using one of the pre-fabbed floppy images provided by freebsd like kern.flp then you would want to write it raw to disk, not mount it, and this is forbidden at securelevel 3. The latter should be ok even at securelevel 3, but the former can't because that would mean open /dev/fd0 for writing other than a mount. I got the error just trying to mount the diskette. I tried all different formats of the mount and mount_msdosfs commands and they all either generated a syntax error or told me that the operation was not permitted. I don't know why this is, it should still be possible, especially since you can mount cdroms. /dev/fd0 is read/write by root right? And the disk already had a formatted filesystem on it before you tried mounting it? -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
Loren M. Lang writes: If you were using one of the pre-fabbed floppy images provided by freebsd like kern.flp then you would want to write it raw to disk, not mount it, and this is forbidden at securelevel 3. I was trying to do it with dd. I tried the same on my other system (the one on which I'm trying to install FreeBSD for experimentation), and it worked, but that system is at the default level of securelevel=-1. That's fine, though, since it gives me a machine that can do the job, which is all I need. I trust a UNIX command a bit more than I trust a Windows command (especially since the one supplied on the FreeBSD CD is a bit weird). I don't know why this is, it should still be possible, especially since you can mount cdroms. /dev/fd0 is read/write by root right? And the disk already had a formatted filesystem on it before you tried mounting it? Yes to both questions. But it must be securelevel, because it works on the test machine. The man page doesn't say anything about this restriction, though, nor is it obvious from what the page does say. -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 08:39:24PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: Why would you want to mount an MSDOS floppy on a server? In order to copy a raw file image to the floppy. Do you mean install a 1440k floppy image onto a disk or just copy a file smaller than 1440k onto the msdos fs of an already formatted floppy. The latter should be ok even at securelevel 3, but the former can't because that would mean open /dev/fd0 for writing other than a mount. That reduces the security and stability of your server Not really. See above. The intent is not to leave the floppy permanently mounted; I only needed to copy a raw diskette image to the floppy (a boot floppy for FreeBSD, as it happens). As it happens, I found a way to do it under Windows, so the problem is solved. -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
Loren M. Lang writes: Do you mean install a 1440k floppy image onto a disk or just copy a file smaller than 1440k onto the msdos fs of an already formatted floppy. Specifically, I was trying to generate an installation boot floppy for FreeBSD, in order to install it on my other machine (which is too old to boot from CD). The latter should be ok even at securelevel 3, but the former can't because that would mean open /dev/fd0 for writing other than a mount. I got the error just trying to mount the diskette. I tried all different formats of the mount and mount_msdosfs commands and they all either generated a syntax error or told me that the operation was not permitted. -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dan Nelson writes: Is it write-protected? Securelevel too high? Check your console or dmesg output; the kernel may be printing more info there. No console messages that I've seen, but securelevel=3. Does securelevel=3 prevent me from mounting floppies?? Yes. This is, in fact, one of the main ways in which securelevel makes the system more secure. If you are going to run at a raised securelevel, please read man securelevel. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
On Feb 22, 2005, at 8:27 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dan Nelson writes: Is it write-protected? Securelevel too high? Check your console or dmesg output; the kernel may be printing more info there. No console messages that I've seen, but securelevel=3. Does securelevel=3 prevent me from mounting floppies?? Why would you want to mount an MSDOS floppy on a server? That reduces the security and stability of your server Chad (before any of you reply, go research Anthony's missives on servers) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
Lowell Gilbert writes: Yes. This is, in fact, one of the main ways in which securelevel makes the system more secure. OK If you are going to run at a raised securelevel, please read man securelevel. I did. It doesn't say anything about not being able to mount a floppy. Since I can mount CD-ROMs, I figured I could mount a floppy, but perhaps not. I'll have to try it with securelevel set lower when I get a chance. As it is, I managed to create the floppy I needed on Windows, so the problem is no longer pressing. -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: Why would you want to mount an MSDOS floppy on a server? In order to copy a raw file image to the floppy. That reduces the security and stability of your server Not really. See above. The intent is not to leave the floppy permanently mounted; I only needed to copy a raw diskette image to the floppy (a boot floppy for FreeBSD, as it happens). As it happens, I found a way to do it under Windows, so the problem is solved. -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why can't I access my floppy disk?
I put a diskette (MS-DOS) into my floppy drive and try mount -t msdosfs /dev/fd0 /floppy mount -o ro -t msdosfs /dev/fd0 /floppy and various other variations, but all I get is Operation not permitted fsck works okay. I'm logged in as root. What am I overlooking? -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
In the last episode (Feb 22), Anthony Atkielski said: I put a diskette (MS-DOS) into my floppy drive and try mount -t msdosfs /dev/fd0 /floppy mount -o ro -t msdosfs /dev/fd0 /floppy and various other variations, but all I get is Operation not permitted fsck works okay. I'm logged in as root. What am I overlooking? Is it write-protected? Securelevel too high? Check your console or dmesg output; the kernel may be printing more info there. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
Dan Nelson writes: Is it write-protected? Securelevel too high? Check your console or dmesg output; the kernel may be printing more info there. No console messages that I've seen, but securelevel=3. Does securelevel=3 prevent me from mounting floppies?? -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
In the last episode (Feb 22), Anthony Atkielski said: Dan Nelson writes: Is it write-protected? Securelevel too high? Check your console or dmesg output; the kernel may be printing more info there. No console messages that I've seen, but securelevel=3. Does securelevel=3 prevent me from mounting floppies?? A quick look at the source says it shouldn't stop you, but there are a lot of calls within vfs_domount that may return EPERM. You may need to add printfs to figure out which one is failing. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Use of the BOOT.FLP floppy disk.
Hello, I have been using FreeBSD earlier, but am new to the 5.0-Release. The boot.flp image seems to be twice the size of an ordinary floppy, while the other four images in the floppies-directory fits on exactly one disk each. What are the BOOT.FLP disk for ? How is it to be used, and how do I use it on a 1.44 - floppy disk drive system ??? I would appreciate a speedy reply, as I'm trying to set up a new system with Freebsd 5.0-release. Sincerely Arne S. Engø ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ny versjon av Yahoo! Messenger Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt så morsom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Use of the BOOT.FLP floppy disk.
I guess you have to use kern.flp and mfsroot.flp for installing FreeBSD 5.x. It is clearly mentioned in the readme.txt file . Niraj Arne Engø wrote: Hello, I have been using FreeBSD earlier, but am new to the 5.0-Release. The boot.flp image seems to be twice the size of an ordinary floppy, while the other four images in the floppies-directory fits on exactly one disk each. What are the BOOT.FLP disk for ? How is it to be used, and how do I use it on a 1.44 - floppy disk drive system ??? I would appreciate a speedy reply, as I'm trying to set up a new system with Freebsd 5.0-release. Sincerely Arne S. Engø ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ny versjon av Yahoo! Messenger Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt så morsom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Use of the BOOT.FLP floppy disk.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 11:27:51AM +0100, Arne Engø wrote: I have been using FreeBSD earlier, but am new to the 5.0-Release. The boot.flp image seems to be twice the size of an ordinary floppy, while the other four images in the floppies-directory fits on exactly one disk each. What are the BOOT.FLP disk for ? How is it to be used, and how do I use it on a 1.44 - floppy disk drive system ??? I would appreciate a speedy reply, as I'm trying to set up a new system with Freebsd 5.0-release. You don't use boot.flp with a 1.44Mb floppy drive. You can use boot.flp with a 2.88Mb floppy drive, but relatively few people have one of those. You can also use it to build certain styles of bootable CD Rom -- although I think even that use is verging on the obsolete nowadays. Instead of boot.flp, use kern.flp and mfsroot.flp -- those contain exactly the same contents as boot.flp but conveniently divided up into disk sized pieces. Oh -- why on earth are you trying to install 5.0-RELEASE when 5.1-RELEASE is available? Or even better why not try one of the 5.2-BETA images (if you can't afford to wait a few days until 5.2-RELEASE comes out)? Seriously: the 5.x series so far is a technology preview: meaning lots of new and untested code that still has significant bugs to work out. Each new release in the 5.x series is a significant improvement on the previous one. If your aim is a conservative choice of version -- one that's been around a while and been thoroughly debugged and is properly stable -- then you want 4.9-RELEASE. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: New name for Floppy disk devices?
Try mount /dev/fd0 /mnt 0=zero -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dr. Lyman Hazelton Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New name for Floppy disk devices? OK, so sometimes serial devices that one would expect to have names in /dev like sio0 or sio1 are now called cuaa0 or cuaa1 (for reasons beyond my understanding). Now I can see my floppy disk in the dmesg output, but there doesn't appear to be an fdc0 in /dev. Did floppy disk devices get renamed, too, or is it hiding somewhere else, or did it, for some unknown reason, just vanish? I'm trying to create a floppy disk boot pair, and can't write to a device I can't find. Help? -Lyman ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New name for Floppy disk devices?
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:42, Dr. Lyman Hazelton wrote: OK, so sometimes serial devices that one would expect to have names in /dev like sio0 or sio1 are now called cuaa0 or cuaa1 (for reasons beyond my understanding). Now I can see my floppy disk in the dmesg output, but there doesn't appear to be an fdc0 in /dev. Did floppy disk devices get renamed, too, or is it hiding somewhere else, or did it, for some unknown reason, just vanish? I'm trying to create a floppy disk boot pair, and can't write to a device I can't find. Help? I have been using FreeBSD since version 2.0.5 and during that time the serial callin ports have always been named ttyd?, callout ports cuaa? and floppy drives fd0, fd1. The names are not new or changed. I guess you could have created your own device files or renamed them choosing any name you want; but most people find it more convenient to stay with the defaults as other applications won't find them. I think you may be confused with the serial driver names, sio? and the floppy disk controller name fdc0; which as far as I can remember always have been and still are. Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New name for Floppy disk devices?
OK, so sometimes serial devices that one would expect to have names in /dev like sio0 or sio1 are now called cuaa0 or cuaa1 (for reasons beyond my understanding). Now I can see my floppy disk in the dmesg output, but there doesn't appear to be an fdc0 in /dev. Did floppy disk devices get renamed, too, or is it hiding somewhere else, or did it, for some unknown reason, just vanish? I'm trying to create a floppy disk boot pair, and can't write to a device I can't find. Help? -Lyman ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New name for Floppy disk devices?
Have you read the creating and using floppy disks section of the Handbook? The device name is '/dev/fd0'. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/floppies.html Hope that helps. - Murray On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:12:40PM -0700, Dr. Lyman Hazelton wrote: OK, so sometimes serial devices that one would expect to have names in /dev like sio0 or sio1 are now called cuaa0 or cuaa1 (for reasons beyond my understanding). Now I can see my floppy disk in the dmesg output, but there doesn't appear to be an fdc0 in /dev. Did floppy disk devices get renamed, too, or is it hiding somewhere else, or did it, for some unknown reason, just vanish? I'm trying to create a floppy disk boot pair, and can't write to a device I can't find. Help? -Lyman ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
Darryl Hoar wrote: Checked dmesg and the floppy controller is recognized, etc. It's often helpful to paste your dmesg into your question with problems of this sort. From my dmesg: fdc0: Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone) port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0 x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold So I have a floppy controller. So far so good. But what about a floppy drive? That's in the line: fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 Do you also have that? Peter Risdon. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: floppy disk - device not configured error
-Original Message- From: Peter Risdon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error Darryl Hoar wrote: Checked dmesg and the floppy controller is recognized, etc. It's often helpful to paste your dmesg into your question with problems of this sort. From my dmesg: fdc0: Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone) port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0 x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold So I have a floppy controller. So far so good. But what about a floppy drive? That's in the line: fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 Do you also have that? Peter Risdon. looked at dmessg and found: fdc0: NEC 72065B or clone at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 but no fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0, or for that matter anything like it. What does that mean ? thanks, Darryl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: floppy disk - device not configured error
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darryl Hoar Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:57 AM To: 'Peter Risdon' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: floppy disk - device not configured error -Original Message- From: Peter Risdon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error Darryl Hoar wrote: Checked dmesg and the floppy controller is recognized, etc. It's often helpful to paste your dmesg into your question with problems of this sort. From my dmesg: fdc0: Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone) port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0 x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold So I have a floppy controller. So far so good. But what about a floppy drive? That's in the line: fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 Do you also have that? Peter Risdon. looked at dmessg and found: fdc0: NEC 72065B or clone at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 but no fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0, or for that matter anything like it. What does that mean ? thanks, Darryl Never mind. That sound you hear is me thumping my head against the wall. Checked the bios, and the floppy was disabled. Enabled it and all is well. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth. -Darryl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
-Original Message- From: Peter Risdon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error Darryl Hoar wrote: Checked dmesg and the floppy controller is recognized, etc. It's often helpful to paste your dmesg into your question with problems of this sort. From my dmesg: fdc0: Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone) port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0 x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold So I have a floppy controller. So far so good. But what about a floppy drive? That's in the line: fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 Do you also have that? Peter Risdon. looked at dmessg and found: fdc0: NEC 72065B or clone at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 but no fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0, or for that matter anything like it. What does that mean ? I guess it means that it doesn't see a floppy drive there. Either something is wrong with the way it is plugged in or maybe either the drive or the controller is failing in some way. Check connections - wiggle and reseat cables, etc. Try the drive in some other way, such as in MSWINxx if you also have that on the machine. Or you might not have it configured in you kernel. It is by default but might have gotten nuked somehow. Have you ever rebuilt the kernel on that machine before? Check in your kernel config file - in: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/(kernel-conf-file) for the following lines (kernel-conf-file is whatever you named it) # Floppy drives device fdc0at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 device fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 # fd0 and fd1 would be two floppy drives. If you are not sure then make a copy of GENERIC to a file name you choose in the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ directory. Check in that copy of GENERIC to make sure those lines are in the file - they would go after the 'options' entries.Note that they might just be there already but commented out for some reason. NOTE ALSO: If you have created a new kernel, then make a copy of that kernel-conf file instead of GENERIC. Then while in the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ directory do: /usr/sbin/config name-of-file-you-copied-GENERIC-to cd ../../compile/name-of-file-you-copied-GENERIC-to make depend make cp /kernel /kernel.save make install Then reboot -- shutdown -r now Of course, this all has to be done as root. jerry thanks, Darryl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
floppy disk - device not configured error
Greetings, I am running FreeBSD 4.7-stable. I am trying to make new boot floppies so I can install Freebsd on another machine. When I try to: dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 I get a Device not configured Error. A good, new floppy is in the drive. I have tried several new floppies. Same result. Checked dmesg and the floppy controller is recognized, etc. what am I not doing right ? thanks, -Darryl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
Greetings back, You could try the following: dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0a That might fix your problem. R. On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I am running FreeBSD 4.7-stable. I am trying to make new boot floppies so I can install Freebsd on another machine. When I try to: dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 I get a Device not configured Error. A good, new floppy is in the drive. I have tried several new floppies. Same result. Checked dmesg and the floppy controller is recognized, etc. what am I not doing right ? thanks, -Darryl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: floppy disk - device not configured error
-Original Message- From: Technical Director [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:45 PM To: Darryl Hoar Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error Greetings back, You could try the following: dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0a That might fix your problem. R. On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I am running FreeBSD 4.7-stable. I am trying to make new boot floppies so I can install Freebsd on another machine. When I try to: dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 I get a Device not configured Error. A good, new floppy is in the drive. I have tried several new floppies. Same result. Checked dmesg and the floppy controller is recognized, etc. what am I not doing right ? thanks, -Darryl thanks. I tried your suggestion, but received the same message. Any other ideas ? thanks Darryl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
-Original Message- From: Technical Director [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:45 PM To: Darryl Hoar Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error Greetings back, You could try the following: dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0a That might fix your problem. R. On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I am running FreeBSD 4.7-stable. I am trying to make new boot floppies so I can install Freebsd on another machine. When I try to: dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 I get a Device not configured Error. A good, new floppy is in the drive. I have tried several new floppies. Same result. Checked dmesg and the floppy controller is recognized, etc. what am I not doing right ? Is the floppy formatted? Used fdformat for that or do it on a MS machine. Also, write to /dev/fd0c or /dev/rfd0c. Here is just what I do and have done many times. First format two floppies for 1.4 meg using fdformat -'fdformat -f 1440'is enough. It will prompt for the rest then -'dd if=boot-image of=/dev/rfd0c' for boot floppy (change floppy :) and -'dd if=mfs-image of=/dev/rfd0c'for mfs floppy The only other thing I can think of is maybe you don't have the device made correctly. Check it and use MAKEDEV to make them (what happens after you get to 5.x I don't know yet, haven't been there) docd /dev ls -l *fd0* if you don't find an 'rfd0c' then make one ./MAKEDEV fd0 should do it You might need to delete some stuff first as in rm *fdo* But, really, these should all be there because the system normally makes these by default. If they aren't there, something pooped along the line somewhere. Good luck, jerry thanks, -Darryl thanks. I tried your suggestion, but received the same message. Any other ideas ? thanks Darryl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jerry McAllister wrote: Is the floppy formatted? Used fdformat for that or do it on a MS machine. Also, write to /dev/fd0c or /dev/rfd0c. Here is just what I do and have done many times. First format two floppies for 1.4 meg using fdformat -'fdformat -f 1440'is enough. It will prompt for the rest then -'dd if=boot-image of=/dev/rfd0c' for boot floppy (change floppy :) and -'dd if=mfs-image of=/dev/rfd0c'for mfs floppy Hello, Maybe I'm wrong but isin't dd a raw write to the device when used in this way? Hence a pre-formatting is not required? Preformatting may help I'm not to sure, I know that I have never had to do it for a boot floppy creation. R. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jerry McAllister wrote: Is the floppy formatted? Used fdformat for that or do it on a MS machine. Also, write to /dev/fd0c or /dev/rfd0c. Here is just what I do and have done many times. First format two floppies for 1.4 meg using fdformat -'fdformat -f 1440'is enough. It will prompt for the rest then -'dd if=boot-image of=/dev/rfd0c' for boot floppy (change floppy :) and -'dd if=mfs-image of=/dev/rfd0c'for mfs floppy Hello, Maybe I'm wrong but isin't dd a raw write to the device when used in this way? Hence a pre-formatting is not required? Preformatting may help I'm not to sure, I know that I have never had to do it for a boot floppy creation. Hmmm.I didn't think so at first, but I had trouble writing to the floppy if I used an unformatted disk. That was way back in v 2.x and 3.x and I started doing it that way and since it worked haven't changed how I do it. jerry R. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
Check it and use MAKEDEV to make them (what happens after you get to 5.x I don't know yet, haven't been there) docd /dev ls -l *fd0* if you don't find an 'rfd0c' then make one ./MAKEDEV fd0 should do it You might need to delete some stuff first as in rm *fdo* But, really, these should all be there because the system normally makes these by default. If they aren't there, something pooped along the line somewhere. Good luck, jerry I tried fdformat -f 1440 and it wanted the device. Tried it with fdformat -f 1440 fd0, and got the device not configured. Tried it with fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0, and got device not configured. Hmmm.Have you checked dmesg to make sure the system even sees it? cd /dev ls -l *fd0* yeilds a lot of files. Guess I'll try the rm *fd0*, then the ./MAKEDEV fd0 to see if it'll fix things. Well, if it has a fd0c and rfd0c then it should be good. But, I have had to do that for some other devices that looked like they were there - but not for a floppy drive that I remember. So, .. Good luck. jerry thanks Darryl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Technical Director wrote: Maybe I'm wrong but isin't dd a raw write to the device when used in this way? Hence a pre-formatting is not required? A floppy will still need a low-level format before the first use. Preformatting may help I'm not to sure, I know that I have never had to do it for a boot floppy creation. 99% of floppies around today are preformatted. The one you have might not be, or may have been formatted by a drive that was out of alignment. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to mount floppy disk?
Hi All!!! I try next to mount my floppy disk driver: mount_msdosfs /dev/fd0 /floppy I/O error. But why? -- Best regards, Denis [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: how to mount floppy disk?
Denis, Make sure there is a floppy disk in the drive before running the command. Also, I think the actual command is mount_msdos not mount_msdosfs. :-) Terry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Denis Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to mount floppy disk? Hi All!!! I try next to mount my floppy disk driver: mount_msdosfs /dev/fd0 /floppy I/O error. But why? -- Best regards, Denis [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to mount floppy disk?
Terry Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Make sure there is a floppy disk in the drive before running the command. There could also be a problem with that particular floppy or drive... Also, I think the actual command is mount_msdos not mount_msdosfs. :-) Depends on which version of FreeBSD is in use. Since it worked, that was clearly the right one. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.1 install - kern.flp too big for floppy disk!
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:52:26 -0700, send2bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: my floppy disks are 1.45, but formatted only hold 1.38 meg, so I can't create install floppies! I can't install from cd because my pc ( a pentium II ) doesn't seem to want to boot from cd no matter how often I change the boot order. Help! thanks! Bill Read the install instructions carefully. It's my guess you are trying to copy kern.flp rather than imaging it onto the floppy using fdimage. Also, if you are at this stage of things I would suggest you try FreeBSD 4.8 rather than 5.1. Jud ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
5.1 install - kern.flp too big for floppy disk!
my floppy disks are 1.45, but formatted only hold 1.38 meg, so I can't create install floppies! I can't install from cd because my pc ( a pentium II ) doesn't seem to want to boot from cd no matter how often I change the boot order. Help! thanks! Bill ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Floppy Disk Formatting
We have received a file on a floppy disk from a client. When we put it into the drive it says that disk has not been formatted. We already read from the disk and transferred the file to another system earlier. Why, after we have already used the file on the floppy disk does it now tell us it is not formatted. We need to open the file to print out some information from the original information on the disk. We do get a question that asks if we want to format the disk now. Can we say Yes to that? Or should we say No? If we say yes, what will it do to the disk? Any help you can give, would be appreciated. We do not want to lose any info on the disk so we are waiting for your answer. Thank you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Floppy Disk Formatting
On Monday, 28 July 2003 at 13:31:10 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have received a file on a floppy disk from a client. When we put it into the drive it says that disk has not been formatted. We already read from the disk and transferred the file to another system earlier. Why, after we have already used the file on the floppy disk does it now tell us it is not formatted. We need to open the file to print out some information from the original information on the disk. We do get a question that asks if we want to format the disk now. Can we say Yes to that? Or should we say No? If we say yes, what will it do to the disk? If you say yes, it will destroy all data on the disk. Does this question have anything to do with FreeBSD? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Floppy Disk Help - 030621
Support, I am currently having a floppy disk drive problem. I have searched all over the Internet for a solution to my problem and I have not found an answer. You are my last resort. For a long time I always mounted the floppy drive by typing, mount /dev/fd0 /floppy, and it worked fine. Then one day I rebooted the system without unmounting 'fd0,' and now I cannot access it. I have tried different command combinations and nothing works. I keep on getting the following error: mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured Later after researching my problem, I found out that I could have used 'mtools' all along. When I tried using 'mtools,' to access the 'fd0' I get the following error: plain_io: Device not configured init A: could not read boot sector cannot initialize 'A:' Do you have any suggestions. I would really appreciate it if you can help out. Fortuna ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk hardware failure ?
Lee Harr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is this a hardware problem? I get the same thing with all disks I have tried. Yes, probably. I'm guessing it's an MS-DOS type floppy, being mounted with mount -t msdos. You might try the mtools, which parse the filesystem a little differently, but it's unlikely to matter when the very first block is failing. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk hardware failure ?
May 28 10:20:21 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) May 28 10:20:24 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) May 28 10:22:46 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error writing fsbn 0 of 0-1 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) Is this a hardware problem? I get the same thing with all disks I have tried. Yes, probably. I'm guessing it's an MS-DOS type floppy, being mounted with mount -t msdos. You might try the mtools, which parse the filesystem a little differently, but it's unlikely to matter when the very first block is failing. Sorry, mine was a poorly asked question. I never mount DOS floppies on my system, I use mtools as you suggest. I am getting these same type messages using both mtools or even trying to access the floppy with dd I think I will try a different floppy drive when I have a chance to bring the system down for a few minutes. Thanks for your time. _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
floppy disk hardware failure ?
Hi; Recently, trying to use my floppy disk drive, I started getting messages like this: May 28 10:20:21 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) May 28 10:20:24 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) May 28 10:22:46 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error writing fsbn 0 of 0-1 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) May 28 10:42:19 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 of 0-1 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) May 28 10:45:05 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 of 0-1 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) May 28 11:00:28 tern /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 of 0-1 (ST0 40abnrml ST1 1no_am ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1) Is this a hardware problem? I get the same thing with all disks I have tried. Thank you for your time. _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: floppy disk
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-08 10:46:16 -0700: Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 21:09:58 +0200 (CEST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** hi, if the order mount means that the device is not configured,it has to be configured, isn't it?? so, how it has to be done? FreeBSD does not have /etc/vfstab. It is a System V UNIX thing. If mount is looking for it, something is badly awry. ... The other very real possibility is that your system has been hacked and the mount command has been subverted. He/She already knows all this, but has ignored all warnings. -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 9:22AM up 21 days, 16:37, 13 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.07, 0.07 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
floppy disk
# mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** hi, if the order mount means that the device is not configured,it has to be configured, isn't it?? so, how it has to be done? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-07 21:09:58 +0200: # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** hi, if the order mount means that the device is not configured,it has to be configured, isn't it?? so, how it has to be done? no. it means that something's not quite right with it, but the system is not sure what it is. you have a problem much deeper than the inability to mount a floppy, as has been said in a previous thread you started looking for help with this. looks like you're not interested in fixing it. -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 3:39PM up 20 days, 22:54, 12 users, load averages: 0.37, 0.36, 0.32 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
# mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** hi, if the order mount means that the device is not configured,it has to be configured, isn't it?? so, how it has to be done? Often the 'Device not configured' message appears to mean that you do not have a floppy disk in the drive (or a tape in a tape drive). It can also mean that you have to go in to the /dev directory and do a './MAKEDEV xxx' for it where xxx is the device. Normally you would not actually do a mount for a floppy unless you have a disk that has a file system built on it. A lot of times people just copy things directly to or from the device using 'dd' and in this case you don't actually do a mount. But, if you write a floppy don't make a file system on the disk and mount it, things like grep and ls won't work on it. There are no files for them to look at, just a glob of data. (Actually, I have been having trouble with many machines writing to DAT tape drives (DDS-3 and DDS-4) using dd (or cp) when tar and dump work just fine. But, that is another story and I should post some questions on that separately.) jerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
On 08-Oct-2002 Jerry McAllister wrote: # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** hi, if the order mount means that the device is not configured,it has to be configured, isn't it?? so, how it has to be done? Often the 'Device not configured' message appears to mean that you do not have a floppy disk in the drive (or a tape in a tape drive). It can also mean that you have to go in to the /dev directory and do a './MAKEDEV xxx' for it where xxx is the device. Normally you would not actually do a mount for a floppy unless you have a disk that has a file system built on it. A lot of times people just copy things directly to or from the device using 'dd' and in this case you don't actually do a mount. But, if you write a floppy don't make a file system on the disk and mount it, things like grep and ls won't work on it. There are no files for them to look at, just a glob of data. (Actually, I have been having trouble with many machines writing to DAT tape drives (DDS-3 and DDS-4) using dd (or cp) when tar and dump work just fine. But, that is another story and I should post some questions on that separately.) jerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message Hi, my problem is that I'm trying to install the floppy disk but it seems it's not working, so I can't copy anything and do anything with it. What I would like to sort out is how do I install the flopy disk in the computer system. does anybody know how to do it, having attention to the error it says? Thanx To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 21:09:58 +0200 (CEST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured *** hi, if the order mount means that the device is not configured,it has to be configured, isn't it?? so, how it has to be done? FreeBSD does not have /etc/vfstab. It is a System V UNIX thing. If mount is looking for it, something is badly awry. The use of grep is also disturbing. mount(8) should not call grep. Try alias mount and which mount. I suspect mount is executing some shell script written for some other Unix system that tries to do something clever by pre-parsing the vfstab file. Of course, this is useless on FreeBSD. The alias command should return nothing and the which command should return /sbin/mount. The other very real possibility is that your system has been hacked and the mount command has been subverted. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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On 05-Oct-2002 Oliver Fromme wrote: Gary W. Swearingen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [huge quote] grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory ... Anyway, I just wanted to guess that vfstab means Virtual FileSystem TABle, which I think is an (optional?) feature of FreeBSD 5.0 (AKA No. /etc/vfstab is the filesystem table on several SysV- derived UNIX systems, such as Solaris. It does not exist on FreeBSD. Therefore it seems that the mount command on that machine has been replaced by a script designed to run on a system like Solaris. Maybe some funny root-kit. Not that I want to cause any concern ... :-) My advice would be to re-install the mount command. Better yet, find out whether the machine was compromised, and if so, re-install the complete system. Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message How can i make to reinstal only that command (mount), whitout reinstaling all the SO? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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On 05-Oct-2002 Gary W. Swearingen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [huge quote] grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory ... Hi, what do you mean when you say filesystem? (You could have asked that question without quoting most of the thread.) Anyway, I just wanted to guess that vfstab means Virtual FileSystem TABle, which I think is an (optional?) feature of FreeBSD 5.0 (AKA CURRENT). It would probably be better for a beginner to run 4.6.2-RELEASE or maybe -STABLE, if possible. I agree that it sounds like file $(which mount) will indicate that mount is a script, but I don't know what to do with that info. As for grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured We need someone who knows the virtual device scheme to know how /dev/fd0 would be created/supported/whatever. Or is /drives/fd the virtual device? no, that's for the directory where i want to mount the diskettery The mount command want's that to be an existing directory. Is the virtual device configured by kernel build configuration, or boot-time, or device-need-time? I don't underestand that question because i don't know what are you talking about. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can i make to reinstal only that command (mount), whitout reinstaling all the SO? cd /usr/src/sbin/mount make all install Requires that you have the sources installed, of course. And if your system security was really compromised, it won't help you at all. Regards Oliver PS: It is customary to quote only those parts of an e-mail message which you directly refer to, or which are required to recognize the context. In particular, that does _not_ include signatures. -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
Gary W. Swearingen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [huge quote] grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory ... Anyway, I just wanted to guess that vfstab means Virtual FileSystem TABle, which I think is an (optional?) feature of FreeBSD 5.0 (AKA No. /etc/vfstab is the filesystem table on several SysV- derived UNIX systems, such as Solaris. It does not exist on FreeBSD. Therefore it seems that the mount command on that machine has been replaced by a script designed to run on a system like Solaris. Maybe some funny root-kit. Not that I want to cause any concern ... :-) My advice would be to re-install the mount command. Better yet, find out whether the machine was compromised, and if so, re-install the complete system. Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. bye To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 ~/bin/newfd #!/bin/sh fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 6:52PM up 17 days, 2:07, 16 users, load averages: 0.12, 0.19, 0.16 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured why does he say me that and how can I solucioned it? On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 ~/bin/newfd #!/bin/sh fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 6:52PM up 17 days, 2:07, 16 users, load averages: 0.12, 0.19, 0.16 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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Hi, 1. uname -a # uname -a FreeBSD x.org 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #8: Sun Sep 15 05:39:35 GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 2. which mount # which mount /sbin/mount 3. file `which mount` ? i don't understand ? 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) ? i don't understand ? On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: don't top-post. # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 ~/bin/newfd #!/bin/sh fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured grep? since when does mount(8) call grep? and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway? ok. do these things: 1. uname -a 2. which mount 3. file `which mount` 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 7:41PM up 17 days, 2:56, 16 users, load averages: 0.17, 0.24, 0.19 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:46:40 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: floppy disk don't top-post. # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 ~/bin/newfd #!/bin/sh fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured grep? since when does mount(8) call grep? and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway? ok. do these things: 1. uname -a 2. which mount 3. file `which mount` 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) -- Also, are you sure you've compiled support for floppy disks into your kernel? Also the support for the filesystem on them? # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
** ** * DO NOT TOP-POST! * ** ** # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:57:05 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: don't top-post. # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 ~/bin/newfd #!/bin/sh fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured grep? since when does mount(8) call grep? and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway? ok. do these things: 1. uname -a # uname -a FreeBSD x.org 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #8: Sun Sep 15 05:39:35 GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 fine 2. which mount # which mount /sbin/mount fine 3. file `which mount` ? i don't understand ? just copypaste it into your shell. it looks like your /sbin/mount was some wrapper over the normal mount(8). that grep error message is highly suspicious. what shell are you using? are you sure it would admit mount was a shell function or an alias when you asked with which? 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) ? i don't understand ? i don't know how much simpler i can make it: is there a floppy disc in the drive? -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 8:10PM up 17 days, 3:25, 17 users, load averages: 0.10, 0.11, 0.13 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: ** ** * DO NOT TOP-POST! * ** ** # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:57:05 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: don't top-post. # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 ~/bin/newfd #!/bin/sh fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured grep? since when does mount(8) call grep? and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway? ok. do these things: 1. uname -a # uname -a FreeBSD x.org 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #8: Sun Sep 15 05:39:35 GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 fine 2. which mount # which mount /sbin/mount fine 3. file `which mount` ? i don't understand ? just copypaste it into your shell. it looks like your /sbin/mount was some wrapper over the normal mount(8). that grep error message is highly suspicious. what shell are you using? are you sure it would admit mount was a shell function or an alias when you asked with which? 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) ? i don't understand ? i don't know how much simpler i can make it: is there a floppy disc in the drive? -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 8:10PM up 17 days, 3:25, 17 users, load averages: 0.10, 0.11, 0.13 end is there a floppy disc in the drive? answer: yes To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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On 04-Oct-2002 John Bleichert wrote: On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:46:40 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: floppy disk don't top-post. # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 ~/bin/newfd #!/bin/sh fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured grep? since when does mount(8) call grep? and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway? ok. do these things: 1. uname -a 2. which mount 3. file `which mount` 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) -- Also, are you sure you've compiled support for floppy disks into your kernel? Also the support for the filesystem on them? # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg Hi, what do you mean when you say filesystem? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 18:50:21 +0200: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:57:05 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 17:25:44 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 16:49:05 +0200: Hello, I'm new on the list and I'm trying to configurate and mount my floppydisk, can anyone tell me how I could find any document that would help me. see /etc/disktab. i use this script to create floppies: roman@freepuppy ~ 1021:0 ~/bin/newfd #!/bin/sh fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 Hi, but when I put: mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd it says me that: grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured grep? since when does mount(8) call grep? and who's this /etc/vfstab guy anyway? ok. do these things: 1. uname -a # uname -a FreeBSD x.org 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE-p2 #8: Sun Sep 15 05:39:35 GMT 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 fine 2. which mount # which mount /sbin/mount fine 3. file `which mount` ? i don't understand ? just copypaste it into your shell. it looks like your /sbin/mount was some wrapper over the normal mount(8). that grep error message is highly suspicious. what shell are you using? are you sure it would admit mount was a shell function or an alias when you asked with which? 4. try the mount with /dev/fd0c # mount /dev/fd0c /drives/fd grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0c: Device not configured 5. if 4. fails, make sure you actually have a floppy in the drive :) ? i don't understand ? i don't know how much simpler i can make it: is there a floppy disc in the drive? is there a floppy disc in the drive? answer: yes thanks for not top-posting. but, erm, i wonder why you repeat the text you're replying to instead of just typing below it? anyway, can you do the other thing i told you to do? type this into your shell: file `which mount` -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 9:09PM up 17 days, 4:24, 17 users, load averages: 0.37, 0.17, 0.14 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-04 19:03:48 +0200: On 04-Oct-2002 John Bleichert wrote: Also, are you sure you've compiled support for floppy disks into your kernel? Also the support for the filesystem on them? Hi, what do you mean when you say filesystem? filesystem is a schema, an organization of things on the disc. examples of a filesystem are FAT (used in MSDOS and Windows 9x), NTFS (Windows NT, 2000, XP), or UFS, which is used in BSD unices. you can make your FreeBSD understand various filesystems: ISO 9660 (the filesystem used on CDs), FAT, NTFS, ext2 (Linux), etc. -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-RC 9:18PM up 17 days, 4:33, 17 users, load averages: 0.31, 0.21, 0.17 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
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jeez, now, come on, if someone can't understand something then don't make 'em feel like an idiot. it took me at least a year to get used to dealing with 'filesystems' et al. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy disk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [huge quote] grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory ... Hi, what do you mean when you say filesystem? (You could have asked that question without quoting most of the thread.) Anyway, I just wanted to guess that vfstab means Virtual FileSystem TABle, which I think is an (optional?) feature of FreeBSD 5.0 (AKA CURRENT). It would probably be better for a beginner to run 4.6.2-RELEASE or maybe -STABLE, if possible. I agree that it sounds like file $(which mount) will indicate that mount is a script, but I don't know what to do with that info. As for grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory grep: /etc/vfstab: No such file or directory mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured We need someone who knows the virtual device scheme to know how /dev/fd0 would be created/supported/whatever. Or is /drives/fd the virtual device? The mount command want's that to be an existing directory. Is the virtual device configured by kernel build configuration, or boot-time, or device-need-time? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
