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From: jackson@replicant.csci.unt.edu (Bruce Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: Dont use mv on DOS fs
Date: 16 Dec 1994 21:04:52 GMT
Organization: University of North Texas
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In article <D0x728.FM3@ns1.nodak.edu>,
Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu> wrote:

[deletia about Freebsd crashing when moving files from a dos partition]

> Ditto for performing a "tar xzvf /mnt/tmp/freebsd/*", where the dos
> partition is mounted on /mnt.  The answer there is to copy the files

Really?!  I've experienced reboots when moving files from dos
partitions but I installed most of my FreeBSD 2.0 system from my DOS
partition with no difficulty whatsoever.

Your mileage may vary.
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