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			  NetBSD - Mounting the floppy drive
				nmr - nmr@phreaker.net
			       
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By mounting the floppy drive, files can be transferred to NetBSD from your 
existing operating system. I use it to transfer existing source code from 
windows.

The first step to mounting the floppy drive is to login as root. Then what you 
do is create a directory so that NetBSD can mount the floppy drive to the 
directory you specify. Unlike windows or dos where you use a: as floppy in 
NetBSD a directory will act as your floppy drive.

What I do is create a directory called floppy in the root of the filesystem 
which is /. To do this type:

cd /
mkdir floppy

The  mkdir command is used to create a directory. Next, mount the floppy drive 
to /floppy by typing:

mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /floppy

or

mount_msdos /dev/fd0a /floppy

Now your floppy drive should start making noises showing it is being accessed. 
To access the floppy drive, go to /floppy by typing:

cd floppy
ls

Note: chdir can also be used instead of cd

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