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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
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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.