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From: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mounting MS_DOS Partitions and CD-rom Drives
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 14:31:42 +0200
Organization: Systemics Ltd.
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SpEeD wrote:
> 
> I can't figure out how to get my DOS partiton to mount so that i can read and write to it. I've read the
> stuff, but it just confuses me.. Also How do I mount my IDE cd-rom drive?

This is the entry I have in /etc/fstab:

/dev/sd0s1      /msdos    msdos   rw,-u=gary,-g=systemics,-m775 1 0

Make sure you have a mount point (ie. the /msdos directory exists).

Gary
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