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From: gt1679c@prism.gatech.EDU (scott)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Mtools still won't access HD : -(
Message-ID: <103237@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 30 Jun 93 03:41:47 GMT
References: <9317917.18572@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <summer.741309166@mullian.ee.Mu.OZ.AU>
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In article <summer.741309166@mullian.ee.Mu.OZ.AU> summer@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Mark Summerfield) writes:
>Not long ago (yesterday, in fact) I wrote:
>
>>I gather it's possible to set up mtools so that I can access the dos
>>partition of my hard drive, as well as PC floppies.
...
[mtools stuff deleted]
What would probably be easier would be to add a partition to the
disklabel for your dos drive and then just mount it with pcfs. I
don't know if it's in the FAQ now, I haven't read it for a while,
but this is what I did:
1) run 'fdisk' and write down the dos partition info for the start
and size that it gives you.
2) disklabel -e -r /dev/<raw device>
- Add 1 to the '# paritions:', and then add another line for the
dos partition . Mine went in after e: as
f: 130977 63 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0*- 129*)
3) Add a line to /etc/fstab if you want it mounted automatically.
Mine is:
/dev/wd0f /dos pcfs rw 1 2
Otherwise, just mount -t pcfs /dev/<part> /<dir>
I have had no problems with it, except that the disk is mounted
world read/writable and I don't see how to change that.
scott
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