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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!news.bconnex.net!news From: jenera@jenera.com (Brian Backland) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Reading DOS files Date: 21 Jul 1996 15:43:36 GMT Organization: Jenera Inc. Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4stj78$1md@news.bconnex.net> References: <4sjdhd$pmb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: jenera@jenera.com (Brian Backland) NNTP-Posting-Host: router.jenera.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 In <4sjdhd$pmb@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ssmala@aol.com (Ssmala) writes: >Hi, > >I would like to know if there is any way to read DOS text files ( from >floppy disks >or from DOS partition ) on a FreeBSD system . >Any help greatly appreciated > >Thanks >Sahan > Just learned how to do this myself, so I'll share it with you... I first created a directory as a mount point. I called the directory 'floppy', without the quotes of course (mkdir /floppy). I put the floppy disk in the the drive, which happens to be a 3.5" 1.44 meg diskette, and issued the command mount -t msdos /dev/fd0.1440 /floppy You should now be able to access the floppy. Cheers Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Backland jenera@jenera.com http://www.jenera.com/ Jenera Inc. --- === Standard Disclaimer === ------------------------------------------ The opinions expressed here are my own and may or may not represent the opinion of my employer, or any company with which I am associated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------