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#! rnews 1343 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!bofh.dot!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Halle.Germany.EU.net!Erfurt.Germany.EU.net!pdv.de !usenet From: nerle@pdv.de (Dirk) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Mount DOS Floppies Date: 21 May 1996 11:20:32 GMT Organization: PDV Systeme Erfurt Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4ns8u0$c7k@tgate.pdv.de> References: <4nqafh$4v0@news1.infinet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: moon.pdv.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 Hello James, In article <4nqafh$4v0@news1.infinet.com>, jcrawfor@ccolor.com says... >I'm new to using FreeBSD and was wanting to know the correct way to >mount a DOS 1.44 meg format floppy? Do you really need the DOS fd mounted? If not - have a look at the "mtools" port or package. They handle the most common (or all?) operations for DOS fd under unix. regards Dirk -- Dirk Nerling nerle@pdv.de http://www.pdv.de/~nerle You read my own humble opinion - it's NOT an offical statement of the firm PDV-Systeme Erfurt!