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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!feed1.news.erols.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!192.233.85.167!shore!nvp From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How can I acess a MsDos floopy in FreeBSD 2.1.0 ? Date: 9 Dec 1996 15:25:11 GMT Organization: Shore.Net; a service of Eco Software, Inc. (info@shore.net) Lines: 20 Message-ID: <58hb0n$hml@fridge-nf0.shore.net> References: <Pine.OSF.3.91.961209110012.8685A-100000@student.dei.uc.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell2.shore.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Paulo Manuel Ferreira das Neves (pneves@student.dei.uc.pt) wrote: : I don't have a ftp do that... : I try to mount /dev/fd0 /mnt but I receive that the SuperBlock isn't : define ... It's even easier than mounting. If you've installed the mtools package (which should be included with your distribution), you can execute "kind-of-dos-looking-commands" like mcopy, mdir, mdel, and mformat. How's that for a bargain? :) BTW, you don't need to be root to use mtools. -- Nate [nvp@shore.net||nvp@nfic.com] "Take them to the Iron Maiden" IRON MAIDEN ... EXCELLENT! "Execute them!" BOGUS... - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure