success!! I tried
         mount_msdos -l /dev/wd0x /mnt

and tried x = a, b, c, d, e... and wd0e finally worked. it would be nice to 
know how to know what letter to use instead of guessing, but at least it's 
working now
         -Matt

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ok, I found the device, just ran the netbsd setup enough steps until it 
told me what it was. now, however, when I run
         mount_msdos -l /dev/wd0 /mnt

I get the error
         mount_msdos: /dev/wd0 on /mnt: No such file or directory

/mnt exists. I get the same error if I try a new (empty) directory. If I 
try a nonexistent directory, I get:
         mount_msdos: stat /xxx: No such file or directory

Any ideas?

thanks
         -Matt

At 07:46 PM 3/7/2003 -0500, matt wong wrote:
>thank you! ok, probably a dumb question... how do I find out the info for 
>the where_is_your_fat32_partition part of the command?
>
>At 11:35 PM 3/7/2003 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> > load my network card AND can access the fat32 files, so I can ftp them out
>> > (I backed up a few weeks ago... I know, should do it more often...)
>> >
>> > the netbsd floppy boot disks load the network card; however, I don't know
>> > how to get them to read the fat32 files, though I know that a full netbsd
>> > installation could do that. is there any way to get this functionality on
>> > the floppy boot disks?
>> >
>>mount_msdos -l /dev/where_is_your_fat32_partition /mnt