On 15 Oct 1999, Dave Daniels wrote:

> Secondly, I do not seem to be able to mount a floppy disk.
> The command:
>     
>   mount /dev/fd0a /mnt
>    
> fails with the error message:
>   
>   mount_ffs: /dev/fd0a on /mnt: Device not configured

Have you tried: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt

By default, it will look for a unix Fast File System on the floppy...

Cheers, Steve