Re: Floppies under NetBSD 1.2G?

[Markus Illenseer <markus%core.de@localhost>]

> I've been able to mount (read only) floppies that I'd created under
> Unix SVR4.  I would like to format and mount floppies under NetBSD.  I
> looked for docs on the subject, but there didn't seem to be any.  Are
> floppies supported under NetBSD?

 NetBSD supports floppies read/write:  

 Insert an Amiga-DOS-formatatted floppy (!) and use it like this:

newfs /dev/fd0a  ; mount /dev/fd0a /mnt/floppy
  or
tar cvfslp /dev/fd0a /my/dirctory
  or
dd if=/dev/fd0a of=myfloppyfile bs=16K

 Using 1.4MB Floppy requires to insert a 1.4MB Floppy during kernel start.
Handle the Floppy-Support with care, it does work but is slow.

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Markus Illenseer