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From: roycet@airmail.net (Royce Tidwell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: A: Drive?!?!?
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 03:38:25 GMT
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Stephane Raimbault <bsw827@freenet.mb.ca> wrote:

>Hi all!
>I need help with FreeBSD 2.1.5

>I would like to copy a file from my floppy disk drive to the Hard Disk
>Drive.  I have yet found how to access the a: drive.  Could someone
>please help! Thanks.

>choa.
>Steph.

You have to mount the A drive with something like:
	mount -rw /dev/fd0
The -rw gives both read and write priviledges

Royce Tidwell
roycet@airmail.net