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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is mtools restricted to SCSI hard drives?
Date: 27 May 1997 09:26:08 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <01bc69ea$2cb73840$2e629a94@pads-laptop>,
"Alan Bindemann" <bindemann@emeraldcoast.com> writes:
> I need to use mtools to transfer data back and forth between MS-DOG and
> FreeBSD disk partitions on a couple of systems. However, when I try to use
> a mtools routine like mdir I get the following error message:
>
> Cannot open /dev/sd0s1: Device not configured.
>
> The drives in question are 2.0 and 2.6 gig EIDE drives split equally
> between MS-DOG and FreeBSD 2.2.1.
>
> I already trashed one file system using mount -tmsdos. Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
There's a config file somewhere (probably /usr/local/etc/mtools*) that
maps your X: drives to devices. Sorry, I can't remember where the
config file is exactly, but if you do a pkg_info -L mtools-xxx where
xxx is the version you've installed, the file name should show up.
> Alan Bindemann
>
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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