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From: Phillip Flodin <LNUSGMB.HZTTF9@eds.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: A: Drive?!?!?
Date: 23 Oct 1996 10:54:29 GMT
Organization: Electronic Data Systems
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bsw827@freenet.mb.ca (Stephane Raimbault) wrote:
>Hi all!
>I need help with FreeBSD 2.1.5
>
>I would like to copy a file from my floppy disk drive to the Hard Disk
>Drive.  I have yet found how to access the a: drive.  Could someone
>please help! Thanks.
>
>choa.
>Steph.

HI,
This is the way I have done this in the past.  

mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
what this does is temporarily mounts the floppy drive to the /mnt 
directory.  then just cd into the directory /mnt and copy any of the 
files you want or need to the hard drive.  If the disk is formatted for 
other ops such as unix check the man pages for mount for other options.  
The /mnt directory can be replaced with any directory that you may set up 
for mounting.  I use /mnt because I tend to mount other hard drives on a 
regular basis.

I hope this helps,
Phil

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