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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.unt.edu!replicant!jackson From: jackson@replicant.csci.unt.edu (Bruce Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Dont use mv on DOS fs Date: 16 Dec 1994 21:04:52 GMT Organization: University of North Texas Lines: 17 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3csvdk$9t4@hermes.unt.edu> References: <D0r6xD.B76@world.std.com> <3cmbaq$cvb@worak.kaist.ac.kr> <D0x728.FM3@ns1.nodak.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: replicant.csci.unt.edu In article <D0x728.FM3@ns1.nodak.edu>, Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu> wrote: [deletia about Freebsd crashing when moving files from a dos partition] > Ditto for performing a "tar xzvf /mnt/tmp/freebsd/*", where the dos > partition is mounted on /mnt. The answer there is to copy the files Really?! I've experienced reboots when moving files from dos partitions but I installed most of my FreeBSD 2.0 system from my DOS partition with no difficulty whatsoever. Your mileage may vary. -- Bruce Jackson | Univ. of North Texas | jackson@cs.unt.edu UNIX Systems Admin. | P. O. Box 13886 | GAB 550E (817)565-2279 Dept. of Computer Sci.| Denton, Tx. 76203-3886 | FAX: (817)565-2799