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Date:      02 Mar 98 00:35:39 +0100
From:      leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland)
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE : Copying DOS files to UNIX
Message-ID:  <410_9803020111@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
References:   <199803011332_MC2-3513-FE91@compuserve.com>

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At 01 Mar 98 19:32:41 MALCOLM BOFF wrote regarding RE : Copying DOS files to
UNIX

 MB>>> How can I copy UNIX files from a dos partition to a UNIX
 MB> partition?
 MB>>>
 MB>>>
 MB> Well it depends upon whether or not the dos partition is
 MB> a primary partition or an extended partition.

It does not matter.
 MB>
 MB> To mount the DOS partition you need a mountpoint (I created a
 MB> directory /dos) then issue the following command :-
 MB>
 MB> mount -t msdos /dev/sd0s1 /dos
     mount -t msdos /dev/sd0s5 /dos-e

extended partitions start at slice #5.


Leif Neland
leifn@image.dk

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