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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!tfs.com!mailhub!julian From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.0 problem with copying MSDOS files to/from the floppy drive. Message-ID: <D2w17o.84x@tfs.com> Sender: usenet@tfs.com (Mr. News) Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA References: <3g0qqh$t7i@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 02:21:23 GMT Lines: 22 In article <3g0qqh$t7i@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, Chris Haidinyak <chrish@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote: > > > > system doesn't recognize that the data has changed. Stupid > question but do I have to run a command to "freshen" the > files FreeBSD sees? you need to unmount the disk before you remove it! and re-mount it for the next floppy... > Does anyone know of a utility to copy MSDOS files to/from a >FreeBSD 2.0 disk slice? I know that BSDI had the "m" utilities and >I liked them enough to use them when I used BSDI. Otherwise, can >someone direct me to a solution to my problems? try the 'm' utilities... it's all we had before we got the msdos filesystem.. I'm pretty sure it's a 'package' or 'port' julian