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- From: emery@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Scott Emery ACF)
- Subject: Re: Can't read floppy
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.211126.29926@riacs.edu>
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- Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr. Mtn Vw CA 94035
- References: <Btvqso.KCq@cs.psu.edu> <1992Sep1.103343.6512@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> <v9jn=0#.vancleef@netcom.com>
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 21:11:26 GMT
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- In article <v9jn=0#.vancleef@netcom.com> vancleef@netcom.com (Henry van Cleef) writes:
- >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.
- >
- [WARNING: enough information changed to distort the post's meaning]
- >
- >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.
- >--
-
- The UNIXPCism for umount for the floppy is "dismount -f". I believe that
- umount is equally effective, but I have not seen that explicitly stated
- anywhere.
-
- >Hank van Cleef---The Union Institute---History of Science and Technology
- >Unix, X11, networked systems vancleef@netcom.com, vancleef@tmn.com
-
- Scott Emery
- emery@ames.arc.nasa.gov
-