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From: sdga@cso.com (Steve Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: mounting DOS volumes/floppies
Date: 8 Sep 1995 21:08:18 GMT
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MICHAEL (michael@gnj.or.jp) wrote:
: Is there a way of mounting DOS hard disk partitions and floppies,
: like with Linux? 

: My X configuration file, generated automatically by the FreeBSD
: installation program, does not seem to work well. My Linux X
: configuration file worked ok, and I have it backed up on a DOS
: floppy, but I don't know how to get it onto FreeBSD. 

: Any advice would be appreciated.

: Thanks.

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I use the command mount_msdos /etc/fd0 /floppy
 
where /floppy is a prebuilt directory.  umount /floppy will unmount
it.  You must be root to do this stuff.