Re: floppy woes

[Ron Oliver <roliver_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com>]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:42:50 +0000, andy <tireseas_(_at_)_onetel_(_dot_)_com> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I am running OBSD3.6 and upon attempting to mount a floppy disk after
> having created the mount point /floppy, I am presented with the
> response: "mount_msdos /dev/fd0a on /floppy: Device not configured".
> Does this mean that the device (i.e. the floppy drive) itself is not set
> up properly or that the file format is not being recognised?

Try /dev/fd0c.  Seems like this should be in the FAQ, but I couldn't find it.

$ disklabel fd0
# /dev/rfd0c:
type: floppy
disk: floppy disk
label: fictitious
flags: removable
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 18
tracks/cylinder: 2
sectors/cylinder: 36
cylinders: 80
total sectors: 2880
rpm: 300
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # microseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # microseconds
drivedata: 0

16 partitions:
#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
  c:     2880        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 79)
-- 
Ron Oliver <roliver_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com>