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Old 09-02-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Mounting portable floppy (USB) on DELL 2950

Hello,
I am running FreeBSD 6.3 on a Dell 2950. I have a portable external floppy drive that I am attempting to mount. The floppy connects to the server via USB.

Before the 2950, I used a Dell 1950 with FreeBSD 4.11. I used the following command to successfully mount the drive on the 1950, (BSD 4.11):
mount -t msdos /dev/da1 /mnt/floppy

When I run this same command on the 2950, I receive the following output:
mount_msdosfs: /dev/da1: No such file or directory.

Any ideas?
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Did you try with da0s1 ???

i use da0s1 to mount my Pendrive (Kingston Data Traveler) on FreeBSD 7.0, and 6.2, i think that could be the same with your USB Floppy Drive.

its an idea, i dont knof if it will work.

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RE: da0s1
Tried it. I received the "No such file or directory" response.

Thanks anyways! It was worth a shot!

Dave
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Maybe need to be created the device

i dont know if "makedev" is useful

i dont have experience of that kind, maybe... reading the handbook you could get "a little of light"

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