Jasper Wallace writes:
 > On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Markus Baeurle wrote:
 > 
 > > On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Jasper Wallace wrote:
 > > 
 > > > mount -t msdos /dev/sd[n]c /mnt
 > > 
 > > Oh no, silly me. I tried mount -t msdos /dev/sd1a /mnt :-(((
 > > 
 > 
 > 	Hmmm... that might be /dev/rsd1c actually (the r prefix is for the 'raw'
 > device)

No /dev/sd1c is the one required. Mount requires a block device. Fsck
and newfs use the character device.

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Cheers Scott

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