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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers UNIX System V Mount Floppy Drive Post 302832393 by BrentBANKS on Sunday 14th of July 2013 09:01:45 PM
Old 07-14-2013
Unfortunately, I have a different version of format. ( there was a typo in my last post under format, I will fix it)

Code:
format [-f first] [-l last] [-i interleave] [-v] [-V] [-E] NOTES: -E implies -V

I formatted with
Code:
format /dev/rdsk/f0

It seemed to format just fine, but i still cant mount it.

I do have a make file system tool, mkfs.
Code:
mkfs -F ufs /dev/rdsk/f0
mkfs -F ufs /dev/rdsk/f03h

If i run either of those commands, i just end up with this prompt
Code:
ufs usage: mkfs [-F FSType] [-V] [-m] [-o options] special size [nsect ntrak bsize fragsize cgsize free rps nbpi opt apc gap]

I've read about tools like floppy, fdformat, rmformat, but UNIX Sys V is old enough that it doesn't have any of those. I think mkfs is the way to go. (I read about newfs, but i dont have it either).
Thanks for your help.

---------- Post updated at 08:01 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:26 PM ----------

I take that back. I can mount it using the -F fdfs option.
Code:
mount -F fdfs /dev/dsk/f0 /mnt

It shows the drive the drive is mounted. This is the contents of the /mnt directory.
Code:
0 10 12 14 16 18 2 21 23 4 6 8
1 11 13 15 17 19 20 22 3 5 7 9

Is this correct, will i be able to copy files to and from, or should i try and format the drive as UFS?
 

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MOUNT.NFS(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      MOUNT.NFS(8)

NAME
mount.nfs, mount.nfs4 - mount a Network File System SYNOPSIS
mount.nfs remotetarget dir [-rvVwfnsh ] [-o options] DESCRIPTION
mount.nfs is a part of nfs(5) utilities package, which provides NFS client functionality. mount.nfs is meant to be used by the mount(8) command for mounting NFS shares. This subcommand, however, can also be used as a standalone command with limited functionality. remotetarget is a server share usually in the form of servername:/path/to/share. dir is the directory on which the file system is to be mounted. Under Linux 2.6.32 and later kernel versions, mount.nfs can mount all NFS file system versions. Under earlier Linux kernel versions, mount.nfs4 must be used for mounting NFSv4 file systems while mount.nfs must be used for NFSv3 and v2. OPTIONS
-r Mount file system readonly. -v Be verbose. -V Print version. -w Mount file system read-write. -f Fake mount. Don't actually call the mount system call. -n Do not update /etc/mtab. By default, an entry is created in /etc/mtab for every mounted file system. Use this option to skip making an entry. -s Tolerate sloppy mount options rather than fail. -h Print help message. nfsoptions Refer to nfs(5) or mount(8) manual pages. NOTE
For further information please refer nfs(5) and mount(8) manual pages. FILES
/etc/fstab file system table /etc/mtab table of mounted file systems SEE ALSO
nfs(5), mount(8), AUTHOR
Amit Gud <agud@redhat.com> 5 Jun 2006 MOUNT.NFS(8)
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