HOW TO USE A FLOPPY DRIVE WITH FREEBSD
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NOTE WELL:
If you are coming from a Windows background, it is
important to note that in FreeBSD / Unix / Linux,
a removable drive must be 'mounted' before it can
be accessed. This 'HowTo' explains this
process.
Shortcuts or 'aliases' can be configured so that
the mounting process is streamlined. To find
out more, go to the
Floppy
Drive Configuration Section
of the Shell Configuration page.
MOUNTING A FLOPPY DISK
- We need to set up a directory before we
can mount the floppy, so let's go to the
OS root directory by entering:
cd /
- Now create the /floppy directory by entering:
mkdir /floppy
- This step is optional but helps us know if
the floppy is mounted. To create this file,
let's first enter the following:
cd /floppy
Now enter:
touch Floppy-NOT-mounted-mflop.txt
This creates a file that will show up if the
floppy disk is not mounted.
- Make sure the floppy disk is in
the drive and enter:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
Note that this is assuming that the disk is
MS-DOS formatted (Windows). For other
formats and options enter:
man mount
READ A DIRECTORY LISTING
- The floppy disk is now mounted.
To test, enter:
ls -lt /floppy
This should give us a listing of the files
on the floppy disk.
COPY OR MOVE FILES
- If we want to copy files to this floppy,
we could do something like this:
cp -p /some/directory/on/hard/drive/somefile.conf /floppy
- If we want to move files from the floppy drive
to the hard disk:
mv /floppy/somefile.txt /some/other/hd/dir/
- For other commands, enter:
man cp
man mv
man rm
UNMOUNT FLOPPY DISK
- Once we are finished using the floppy disk,
before we remove it, enter:
umount /floppy
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and incur any kind of damage--it is your responsibility.
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