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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.questions Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!news.iaf.nl!iafnl.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: Possible (re)convert from Linux - specific questions Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands CSgg DJOhttp Mail News Pictures auto bin cd_link cds correspond datab doc dos etiket folklore fractals freebsd htdocs html humor jubileum machines mail stor vll The Deamon is Free * Message-ID: <DF4CBH.15L@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <42q3ua$f1t@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <42q9ak$9ce@helena.MT.net> <gurilla.4.0123C9EC@iii.net> <vmd9d0gt83.fsf@thyme.statsci.com> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:45:16 GMT Lines: 28 scott@statsci.com (Scott Blachowicz) writes: >>>>>> "anon" == *ANONYMOUS* <gurilla@iii.net> > anon> In Linux, I usually ended up using it's ftp/telnet to download, > anon> which ended up going into my Linux filesystem. Then I copied them > anon> into my /dos1 directory, are you saying I can't do that with > anon> FreeBSD? >I'd love to find out how to get my FAT file systems mounted reliably at >all (even as read-only mounts, though I'd much prefer read-write). I've >been having all sorts of grief with my BSD file systems getting corrupted >when I have them mounted read-only. I don't understand why _I_ should be >having these problems and if it is not just me, how any serious OS on a PC >type system can get away with not dealing with FAT file systems. Because the FreeBSD people in a general sense consider MSDOS a necessary(?) evil. This means the focus of people qualified to hack filesystems is on things they consider interesting. Remember, this is a volunteer effort and people are therefore doing this in their spare time. >Any clues on how to get a useable 'msdos' file system setup? In general: you are most welcome to hack msdosfs into a more usable state. Wilko >Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 StatSci, a div of MathSoft, Inc.