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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: mount xtended DOS partition?
Date: 20 Jul 1995 10:42:11 +0200
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Joseph Steinberg <steinber@missjane.cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>I am not sure if it is possible at all...
>I seem to recall that in the past it was impossible...
>JS
>
>Steve Rose (srose@mr.net) wrote:
>: I'm running FreeBSD v2.05. Does anyone know the proper syntax to mount
>: a DOS volume that resides in an extended partition? I have 2 SCSI
>: disks w/FreeBSD residing on a primary partition on disk 0. The 2nd
>: SCSI disk is set up as 4 logical FAT drives in an extended DOS
>: partition. (If it matters, the controller is an Adpatec 2742).
try ([t]csh or bash syntax):
cd /dev
sh MAKEDEV sd1s{5,6,7,8} ## look into the script if i'm mistaken
mount -t dos /dev/sd1s5 /dos ## the "slice" number may vary
NB: be aware that the msdosfs may still cause some sort of unexpected
damage, even to your UFS partitions.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
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