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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!usc.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!tiamat.umd.umich.edu!crt From: crt@tiamat.umd.umich.edu (Rob Shady) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [NetBSD 0.8] How do I get files onto my system? Date: 27 Dec 1993 04:06:04 -0500 Organization: Univerisity of Michigan - Dearborn Lines: 14 Message-ID: <crt.756983076@tiamat.umd.umich.edu> References: <CIMsrH.331@iat.holonet.net> <CIntow.Kzy@iat.holonet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cw-u01.umd.umich.edu healyzh@iat.holonet.net (Zane H. Healy) writes: > Thanks to the help of a kind gentleman, I now know that all I have to do >is: > mount -t pcfs /dev/fd0a /mnt under NetBSD 0.8 >or mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt under NetBSD 0.9 A MUCH, MUCH better approach is to use the MREAD that comes standard with NetBSD, such as... /usr/local/bin/mread "A:*.*" . It is also alot safer, specially for someone who is new to this world.