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Date:      Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:49:43 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Haavard Vaagstoel <havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no>
To:        Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: It seems FreeBSD is crashable... ;-)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980628194740.675C-100000@arwen.myst.no>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980628092220.fewtch@serv.net>

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On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Tim Gerchmez wrote:

> Anyway, it's nice to have some extra storage space for temporary
> stuff in 8.3 filename format, should I need it (highly unlikely), or to grab
> a text file I had downloaded under Win95 or something.  I have it
> automatically set up to mount now in .login so I can access it anytime I
> please.  I'm aware of the risks of writing to the DOS filesystem from
> FreeBSD, BTW... and plan to use it mostly for copying FROM the DOS drive TO
> a directory on my FreeBSD drive.

I would suggest that instead of (uhrgg) mounting it from your .login, you
put it in your /etc/fstab, and set it to be auto-mounted upon booting. And
since you plan to use it mostly to copy *from*, you might as well mount it
read-only while you're at it. 

--
Haavard Vaagstoel <havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no>


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