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- From: vancleef@netcom.com (Henry van Cleef)
- Subject: Re: Can't read floppy
- Message-ID: <v9jn=0#.vancleef@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 01:07:00 GMT
- Organization: Netcom--posted from Andover, Mass.
- References: <Btvqso.KCq@cs.psu.edu> <1992Sep1.103343.6512@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Sep1.103343.6512@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> adh@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay) writes:
- >In article <Btvqso.KCq@cs.psu.edu> plu@math.psu.edu (Todo Simpson) writes:
- >" I went
- >"to the shell and tried `mount /dev/rfp020 /floppie' (having created
- >"the directory floppie for that purpose), but it said `mount: Block
- >"device required'.
- >
- >try 'mount /dev/fp020 /floppie'. rfp is the raw (character) device.
-
- On my old trusty 3b1 with 3.51 software
-
- mount /dev//fp021 /mnt
- mounts a floppy disk.
-
- "mount" is in the /etc directory, and I can't recall whether the Unixpc
- insists that you be superuser to do a mount---that was the standard for
- old unix systems. mount -r will mount a disk read-only (write
- protected).
-
- Don't forget to umount the disk before pulling it out---if you write,
- the bytes won't get written until a sync happens, and umount cleans up
- the world.
- --
- Hank van Cleef---The Union Institute---History of Science and Technology
- Unix, X11, networked systems vancleef@netcom.com, vancleef@tmn.com
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