Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!rex!ukma!dftsrv!quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov!karl From: karl@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: UNIX filesystems on Sun SPARCstation floppy disks (solved, sort of) Message-ID: <1991Apr23.155250@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 23 Apr 91 19:52:50 GMT References: <1991Apr18.174329@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: karl@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl Anderson) Organization: NASA/GSFC code 923 Lines: 44 In article <1991Apr18.174329@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov> karl@quercus.gsfc.nasa.gov (that's me) writes: |> I know this has been discussed, but I missed it. What I want to know |> is, can 3-1/2" floppy disks with UNIX filesystems on them be mounted, |> Well, today I had *no* trouble doing just what I was unable to do last week. Here's what I did, using a name-brand high-density 3-1/2" diskette: root@tundra# fdformat fd0 Press return to start formatting floppy. ........................................................................ ......... root@tundra# newfs /dev/rfd0c /dev/rfd0c: 2880 sectors in 80 cylinders of 2 tracks, 18 sectors 1.5MB in 5 cyl groups (16 c/g, 0.29MB/g, 128 i/g) super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at: 32, 640, 1184, 1792, 2336, root@tundra# fsck /dev/rfd0c ** /dev/rfd0c ** Last Mounted on ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups 2 files, 9 used, 1254 free (14 frags, 155 blocks, 1.1% fragmentation) root@tundra# mount /dev/fd0c /floppy root@tundra# cd /floppy root@tundra# ls lost+found/ Huh! Ever have a car that acted up, but not when you took it in to the shop? Thanks to everyone who responded, although no one had the solution. How could they - it wasn't supposed to happen! -- Karl A. Anderson | Internet: karl@forest.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/GSFC code 923 (STX) | voice: (301) 286-3815 Greenbelt, MD 20771 | #include "std_disclaimer"