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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.0 problem with copying MSDOS files to/from the floppy drive.
Date: 27 Jan 1995 02:22:40 -0000
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Chris Haidinyak (chrish@cats.ucsc.edu) wrote:
: Two problems to report :
: 1.) When copying binary files to an MSDOS floppy diskette, they
: get mangled. I mount the floppy diskette using the following
: command :
: mount_msdos /dev/fd0a /ados
: or
: mount_msdos /dev/fd0.1440 /ados
: 2.) When exchanging diskettes after a FreeBSD-2.0 write, the
: 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?
: 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?
: Thank you, Chris
I take it you are calling
umount /ados
before taking the floppy out ? If not, that's yer problem.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....