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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ZIP drive, AIC6360, and 2.0R -> ``not configured''??
Date: 18 Sep 1995 00:28:27 +0200
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<kientzle@netcom.com> wrote:

>However,  ``mount -t msdos /dev/disk/sd0d /dos/d:'' reports
>``msdos: mount: Invalid argument''

/dev/sd0d is a FreeBSD partition (in the "default" or "compatibility"
slice).  For DOS, you have to use a sliced disk device, eg. /dev/sd0s1
for the first slice (aka. FDISK partition).
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)