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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.ge.com!luss.is.ge.com!not-for-mail From: jrs@tampa2.is.ge.com (Jim Smithson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Copying CD file to DOS Partition? Date: 9 Aug 1995 12:09:32 -0400 Organization: GEIS Lines: 23 Message-ID: <40amjs$6sd@tampa2.is.ge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tampa2.is.ge.com Summary: No SCSI CD Keywords: IDE CD DOS Partition Install I was able to install most of FreeBSD 2.0.5 from the Walnut creek CDROM to a DOS partition using the DOS XCOPY command. This was of course necassary because FreeBSD does not support IDE CDROM drives. But XCOPY failed when it tried to copy files which did not have the valid DOS 8.3 filename standard. e.g.: \ports\math\oleo\.mak \ports\net\wais\work\.com I looked around for some of the file transfer utilities like are on the GNU CDs but I didn't find any on the Walnut Creek CD. I did get enough transfered to install a working system but I'm missing some software I'd like to have. I guess I'll just have to break down and buy a SCSI controller and CDROM drive. Am I missing something simple? Thanks in Advance! jrs@is.ge.com