> Is there someone out there that can help me with the BFFS file system. I'm
> trying to set up a simple way to transfer relatively small files from NetBSD
> back to the Amiga. I thought the floppy option would suffice. I am unable,
> however, to format a floppy to the BFFS format. As far as I know, the mountlist
> is correct, the drivers, etc. are located properly, but get a "unable to locate
> handler" message when attempting to format the disk. I'm not even sure if I'm
> using the correct command, 'newfs' I think, to format the floppy. I'm using a
> HD floppy drive by the way. I've tried both double-density and HD disks. I'm
> sure it's a simple thing and I just don't understand what I'm doing. Any
> suggestions?

newfs -T floppy /dev/rfd0a

works for me. But on the Amiga ? "floppy" is a spec in the /etc/disktab
file.

I do not think that the floppy will be portable across diffent
endian systems. Someone with more savvy might want to answer that.

Regards,
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