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From: u3525850@au1.au.ac.th (Panaya R.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Mount DOS partition, how to?
Date: 11 Aug 1995 15:52:34 GMT
Organization: AuNet Assumption University
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hi..
	I have whole first drive format to dos, and whole second drive is
freebsd... I want to mount dos partition ... I tried..

	mount -t msdos /dev/wd0 /mnt
	mount -t msdos /dev/wd0a /mnt
	mount_msdos /dev/wd0 /mnt
	mount_msdos /dev/wd0a /mnt

	but none is works.. it reports 'invalid argument'

	but when I tried on floppy disk..
	
	mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt

	it works...
					Any hint?
					Thanks much