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From: harverso@aztec.co.za (Tony Harverson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: mounting DOS volumes/floppies
Date: 14 Sep 1995 11:08:33 GMT
Organization: Connectivity
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Message-ID: <harverso-1409951311220001@harverso.aztec.co.za>
References: <42334s$nuh@gol1.gol.com> <42qbc2$snv@legba.synergy.net> <4360ub$svc@newserv.ksu.ksu.edu>
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In article <4360ub$svc@newserv.ksu.ksu.edu>, Joe Diehl <joed@ksu.ksu.edu> wrote:

> >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.
> 
> To expand on the question further, how do you "prebuild" a directory

hmm...  bad choice of words I think ;)

He just meant that the directory must be in place before you execute the
mount command. As in :

mkdir /floppy (or as a friend of mine calls his, /br - for Bill's Revenge ;)
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy


Tony