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From: gab10@griffincd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning)
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Subject: Re: MSDOS-fs mountable ?
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In article <1ivfe4EINNjlj@uni-erlangen.de>,
admerlev@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Arnd Merlevede) writes:
> Hi, does anybody know, if there is an easy way of accessing
> the MSDOS filesystem from BSD or the other way around ?
> I tried mount -t .... , but to no avail.
> Thanx for your ppointers
> Arnd
There were some patches, called PCFS, posted here to upgrade the file
system to understand MSDOS file systems. I have them if you need them.
Alternatively, you can use the MTools programs. If you do it needs to be
recompiled or you have to remake the floppy devices by running
"sh MAKEDEV fd0 fd1" from /dev.
--
Gary Browning | Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a
| great idea hits you, and just before you realize
| what is wrong with it.