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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!maelstrom.berkeley.edu!geordan From: Geordan Rosario <geordan@ocf.Berkeley.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to mount /dos? Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 10:54:37 -0700 Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 42 Message-ID: <Pine.APO.3.91.950524104403.20625A-100000@maelstrom.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: maelstrom-ether.berkeley.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: geordan@maelstrom.berkeley.edu In-Reply-To: <199505212216.PAA23427@usr4.primenet.com> On Sun, 21 May 1995, Space Research Group wrote: > try device /dev/wd0e, you might remember on setup dos was placed at > partition E by Fdisk. I would guess this would work for floppy too > (/dev/fd0e) but haven't tried it. You might also use mount_msdos > (comes in the /stand drectory, should also be with mount (don't remember > which directory)) although -t msdos does do the same thing, itt seems to > be a little happier with mount_msdos. > During setup, no dos partitions were placed at all. I installed FreeBSD onto a drive that had no FAT partitions on it; my other two drives were FAT. I was unable to set the dos partitions mounted as /dos or whatever. I tried mounting /dev/wd0e, but that caused my system to reboot (whilst replying to this, no less!). The floppy mount worked fine, though. Maybe BSD hates my IDE drives, that's all. > A mantra that will alow only kensho (minor enliighenment) try "rm -R /*" > for the full null and void effect..... > I have taken that into account [see new, updated .sig!]. > > Good luck! I hope I was of some help... > Thanks much! -Geordan +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ |Geordan Rosario. Virtually existent at geordan@ocf.berkeley.edu or | | Warped with 70274.460@compuserve.com | | OS/2! http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu:80/~geordan | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | Adaptec Tech Support | The opinions expressed here are mine and may be | | *SUCKS*! | purchased for $10 each. | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | And the Unix user said, "rm -R /*" -- and all was null and void. | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+