In message <200310080527.45618.dbolgheroni@uol.com.br>, Daniel Bolgheroni write
s:
>On Wednesday 08 October 2003 08:08, Peter Seebach wrote:
>> Hmm.  You may need to use /dev/fd0b, depending on your system's BIOS.

>Not in this case.

Okay.  Figured it would be worth checking.

>Also, I've looked to the documentation 
>(http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/misc/#using-floppies) and followed the 
>instructions, creating a disklabel. But I'm still getting the same errors.

>> fd0a is a "block device".  rfd0a is a "character device".  In general, you
>> most often want to use the block device.
>
>So, to use "dd" or "fdformat", I can use a character device with no problem, 
>but to access data using "mount", a block device is required, right?

Sounds correct.  I generally use the block device by preference in all cases.

Unfortunately, my laptop hasn't got a floppy in it right now, so I can't test
this immediately.  Sorry I can't be more helpful.

-s