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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mount dos partition.
Date: 22 Apr 1997 17:03:10 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <Pine.A32.3.91.970421113122.14617G-100000-100000@pheebs.citytel.net>,
"Keith W." <kwoody@pheebs.citytel.net> writes:
>
> When I mount my dos partition I get mountdosfs block size incompatible
> with root or some such.
>
> I only mount it when I copy files back and forth, even then only txt
> files. Nothing has been corrupted or gone bad with the files thta I have
> copied.
>
> Is this message a problem? Should I worry about it? Looked around but
> have found no mention of it in the docs/faq/handbook.
This could eat your hard disk (not just the DOS one). Use the mtools
package if you're seeing this error.
> Thanks,
> Keith
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
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