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From: slawaetz@diku.dk (Sten Law{tz)
Subject: Re: Accessing DOS floppies from NetBSD
Message-ID: <1993Nov30.160540.2397@odin.diku.dk>
Sender: slawaetz@ask.diku.dk
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 16:05:40 GMT
References: <CHA766.9JD@mv.mv.com>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
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Try this:

orange# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt

This mounts the floppy in drive a: onto /mnt, which can then be read.

Sten

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