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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!sis!grendel.t.sheridanc.on.ca!zander From: zander@grendel.t.sheridanc.on.ca (Mark Zander) Subject: Re: Reading MS-DOS Floppy Message-ID: <D9pFBz.AMu@eclipse.sheridanc.on.ca> Sender: news@eclipse.sheridanc.on.ca (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: oa-bb19-15.t.sheridanc.on.ca Reply-To: mark.zander@sheridanc.on.ca Organization: Sheridan College X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3qjkmb$rt5@raffles.technet.sg> <3qm417$8gm@nntp.interaccess.com> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 14:38:22 GMT Lines: 20 Artur Jasowicz (arturj@flowbee.interaccess.com) wrote: : Neo Teck Hoe (neo@technet.sg) wrote: : : I would like to know if there is a possibility for us to mount : : a MS-DOS formatter diskette on the BSDI system and download the : : data file directly. Please help. Thanks. : On mu FreeBSD box : mount_msdos /dev/fd0.1440 /fd0 : works fine. I'm not sure if this will work for yor BSDI, but it should be : something very simillar. "man mount" would be a good starting point :) I use BSD/OS ver2.0 from BSDI. Mounting DOG floppies can be done with the following: mount -r -t msdos /dev/fd01440 /mnt I suggest that you use the '-r' switch which makes things read-only. I have been told that UN*X will mess up the FAT on a DOG floppy. Also do a 'man mtools' later. mark.