From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 14 00:26:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA25456 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 00:26:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA25446 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 00:26:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr (mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr [134.157.72.87]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.7.5/jtpda-5.2) with SMTP id JAA26945 ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 09:25:33 +0200 (METDST) Received: from iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr (iaka) by mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr (5.67b/jn930126+af960507(mailhost)) at Sun, 14 Jul 1996 09:25:00 +0100 Received: by iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr (5.67b/jf930126) at Sun, 14 Jul 1996 09:24:59 +0100 Message-Id: <199607140824.AA19833@iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr> Subject: Re: MSDOS file systems.s To: jjal@remus.rutgers.edu (Joshua Lambert) Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 09:24:58 +0100 (GMT+0100) From: "Alain FAUCONNET" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199607140606.CAA24694@remus.rutgers.edu> from "Joshua Lambert" at Jul 14, 96 02:06:54 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Joshua Lambert wrote / a ecrit: > > How would I go about mounting a msdos filesystem on HD 0 Partition 1.on-a > I have figured out how to mount a floppy but what is he device name for theave > HD? mount -r -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /dosc ^^ ^^^^^-- or whatever empty directory that | must exist (such as /mnt) +---- not mandatory (makes a read-only mount) but recommended if you value the data on your DOS partition. The msdsos filesystem of FreeBSD is not *that* reliable yet > BTW, how can I use the handbook? It's on my HD... > I can't access it. It says permission denied. And I'm using root.' > thanks./ > lynx /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html or: more /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.ascii Hope that helps, _Alain_ -- Alain FAUCONNET Ingenieur systeme - System Manager AP-HP/SIM Public Health 91 bld de l'Hopital 75013 PARIS FRANCE Medical Computing Research Labs Mail: af@biomath.jussieu.fr Tel: (+33) 1-40-77-96-19 Fax: (+33) 1-45-86-80-68 I've RTFMed. It says: "Refer to your system administrator" But... I *am* the system administrator :-]