Subject: Re: Installation Question
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG, nelliott@tcp.co.uk>
From: Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@tools.de>
List: port-arm32
Date: 01/23/1998 19:31:51
> I am trying to install RiscBSD by using a Jaz drive which is connected
> to my RiscPC using Cumana SCSI II card. I formatted a Jaz disk in DOS
> format and copied all the distrib file onto it. When I boot into
> RiscBSD it sees my SCSI card and Jaz drive but when I try to mount
> it I get a Super block error is a specific syntax I need to use when
> using the mount command.
If you don't tell mount what type of filesystem you want to mount, it defaults
to ffs. This is a hack for backward compatibility. In order to mount a FAT
filesystem (the type of filesystem used by DOS), use the following mount
command:
$ mount -t msdos /dev/sd0h /mnt
Hope it helps,
Wolfgang
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