In message <20020428221011.273725D638@sheflug.shef-lug.net>, Richard Ibbotson w
rites:
>Hi
>
>> > /dev/fd0a /mnt/floppy msdos rw,auto 0 0
>>
>>                                  ^^ noauto, else you can wonder
>>                                  why netbsd cyclically "hangs" for
>>                                 for a moment :)
>
>
>Thanks for all the advice.   Done the above and then I tried 'mount 
>/mnt/floppy' and it said "mount: /mnt/floppy: unknown special file or 
>file system".   This is with a newly msdos formatted floppy in the 
>drive.   Also tried 'mount /floppy'  after doing 'mkdir /floppy'  and 
>it says ....  "mount_msdos: /dev/fd0a on /floppy: Block device 
>required.  Also tried it with ext2.
>
>As a final check I took the lid off the computer to make sure the 
>data cables and power leads were still attached.  They look fine.  
>
>Any suggestions ?
>

That advice is wrong, unless you have a directory /mnt/floppy...

Here's the line from my fstab:

/dev/fd0a       /floppy msdos   rw,noauto

And I do indeed have a directory /floppy.

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