How to fsf a mt device without mt: dd if=/dev/nrmt0h of=/dev/null

How do you access the non-scsi RX26 floppy diskette drive in UNIX that has
DOS/PC data?

#cd /usr/bin/mtools
#ls
mattrib     mdel        mkmanifest  mrd         mtype
mcd         mdir        mlabel      mread       mwrite
mcopy       mformat     mmd         mren

  mattrib     change DOS file attribute flags
  mcd         change or report the DOS working directory
  mcopy       copy DOS files to and from a UNIX operating system
  mdel        delete a DOS file
  mdir        display contents of a DOS directory
  mformat     add a DOS file system to a low-level formatted diskette
  mkmanifest  create a shell script to restore UNIX filenames from DOS
  mlabel      mtools utility to label a DOS volume
  mmd         make a DOS directory
  mrd         remove a DOS directory
  mread       perform a low level read (copy) of a DOS file to UNIX
  mren        rename an existing DOS file
  mtype       display the contents of a DOS file
  mwrite      perform a low level write (copy) of a UNIX file to DOS

Do a man on "mtools".  You can also do a man on each of these.  Here is a
quick example of how to read a DOS floppy on an Digital Unix node.

First setup the softlink "fddrive".  Here we are using fd0 as the device.
See "mtools" if you use scsi floppies.

#ln -s /dev/rfd0a /dev/fddrive
#mcd     (takes you to A:\ by default)
#mdir    (does of dir of the floppy)
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To see a floppy in 4.x DU:
add line to config file:

device disk     fd0        at fdi0      drive     0

How do you access the non-scsi RX26 floppy diskette drive in UNIX with UFS?

The floppy is known to OSF/1 as device "fd0".  It is accessed therefore
via the following device special files:  (A 'uerf -R -r 300 | more'
shows the 'fd0' device.)

        /dev/fd0a
        /dev/fd0c
        /dev/rfd0a
        /dev/rfd0c

You must use the fddisk(8) command to format the disk and then use newfs(8)
to create filesystem and mount it, or use the raw device for other utilities.

Example commands to put a build a UFS (Unix File System) on a floppy:
 Substitute DISK with either rx23 or rx26
    rx23 = 1.44 density disk
    rx26 = 2.88 density disk

        fddisk -fmt /dev/rfd0c
        disklabel -w -r /dev/rfd0c DISK
        newfs /dev/rfd0c DISK
        mount /dev/fd0c /mnt 

You may now cp/mv/tar items to the floppy drive.