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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!legba.synergy.net!sdga From: sdga@cso.com (Steve Gray) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: mounting DOS volumes/floppies Date: 8 Sep 1995 21:08:18 GMT Organization: Synergy Communication Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <42qbc2$snv@legba.synergy.net> References: <42334s$nuh@gol1.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gatekeeper.cso.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] MICHAEL (michael@gnj.or.jp) wrote: : Is there a way of mounting DOS hard disk partitions and floppies, : like with Linux? : My X configuration file, generated automatically by the FreeBSD : installation program, does not seem to work well. My Linux X : configuration file worked ok, and I have it backed up on a DOS : floppy, but I don't know how to get it onto FreeBSD. : Any advice would be appreciated. : Thanks. : MICHAEL __________________________________________ : GNJ Spectrum Tokyo +81-3-5377-2401 (I%(J michael@gnj.or.jp : Featuring Internet, OneNet and Pride International Networks : IP Address 202.243.53.3, Port 3004 I use the command mount_msdos /etc/fd0 /floppy where /floppy is a prebuilt directory. umount /floppy will unmount it. You must be root to do this stuff.