roberto@tuintje.cwi.nl (10/23/89)
Hi there! A question: I have a SparcStation 1 with a floppy drive. I want to use floppies as small file systems. In the STB of last July there were some hints on how to do this: mkfs /dev/rfd0c 2844 18 2 and now you should be able to mount it. I don't what I did wrong but this doesn't work for me. When I try to mount it on, say, /diskette: mount /dev/fd0c /diskette I get the error message: mount: /dev/fd0c on /diskette: No such device or address I use a high density double sided floppy. Perhaps the parameters are wrong, but how do I find this out? If someone knows what I should do to make it work: let me know!!! Thanx in advance.
gbarker%mph.sm.ucl.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (Gareth Barker) (11/14/89)
|question: I have a SparcStation 1 with a floppy drive. I want to use |floppies as small file systems. In the STB of last July there were some |hints on how to do this: | | mkfs /dev/rfd0c 2844 18 2 | |and now you should be able to mount it. I don't what I did wrong but this |doesn't work for me. When I try to mount it on, say, /diskette: | | mount /dev/fd0c /diskette | |I get the error message: | | mount: /dev/fd0c on /diskette: No such device or address We had the same problem, and Sun gave us the following mkfs line: mkfs /dev/rfd0c 2880 18 2 4096 512 8 5 6 (change 2880 to 1440 for low density). Notice that you MUST do this IMMEDIATELY after fdformat - for some reason if you once make a file system with the wrong parameters you have to re-format before trying again. If you don't you get the 'No such device or address' message even if the mkfs parameters are right. Gareth J. Barker, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK. JANET : gbarker@uk.ac.ucl.sm.mph INTERNET : gbarker@.mph.sm.ucl.ac.uk BITNET : gbarker%uk.ac.ucl.sm.mph@ukacrl.bitnet