My original message is:
"I formatted a floppy disk on my alpha server this morning, and I could not
get the thing to mount using the entry in the /etc/fstab file that I had. I
used the following commands on my 4.0D box to format the floppy:
> # fddisk -fmt -f /dev/rfd0c
> # disklabel -wr /dev/rfd0c rx23
> # newfs -S 512 /dev/fd0c
>
> The entry in my fstab file for the floppy drive was:
>
> /dev/fd /floppy fdfs rw 0 0
>
> Whenever I would mount the floppy drive, I would use:
>
> # mount /floppy
>
> However, once the drive was mounted I would do a "df -k" which would show
> the drive as having 0% used, 0% available, and at 100% capacity. I finally
> got the drive to mount as it should have using the following command:
>
> # mount /dev/fd0c /floppy
>
> Can anyone give me an acceptable /etc/fstab line for the floppy drive?"
>
>
I changed my line in /etc/fstab to
/dev/fd0c /floppy ufs rw 0 0
and I can now mount the floppy with the "mount /floppy" command. Thanks to
all those who replied!
-Stephen Spalding
Received on Wed Dec 30 1998 - 19:52:14 NZDT