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Date:      Sun, 08 Nov 1998 13:50:50 +0100 (CET)
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        Ghulum Dastgir <Ghulam_Dastgir@uk.ibm.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Mounting filesystems in FBSD 2.2.6
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981108135050.asmodai@wxs.nl>
In-Reply-To: <5060100025567247000002L072*@MHS>

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On 08-Nov-98 Ghulum Dastgir wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> primarily, I'm having difficulty mounting my floppy drive, fd0. What line
> would
> I have to add to /etc/fstab to do this? Shouldn't it be:
> 
>  /dev/fd0  /A ufs rw 2 2

I usually use

/dev/fd0        /disk   *fs rw,noauto       0       0

*fs = what filesystem ye require...

> Finally, I currently have a read-only /dos mountpoint point on my fbsd
> installation so that I can access my Windows files. Now is it possible for me
> to have r/w access to this filesystem - if not why not(though I probably know
> what the answer is going to be here)?

Why not? The FAT & FAT-32 filesystems are R/W under FreeBSD. NOTE: depends on
yer release of FAT-32 is available... standard 2.2.6 does NOT have it... Dunno
about cvsupped ones...

> I've heard that under linux it is possible to have a Windows icon on your
> Linux
> desktop that enables you to open Windows while running Linux, with a simple
> click (without the need for rebooting). I know that you guys are working on
> Windows emulation but is it possible to have one of these. If not, then I
> su[ppose I could always get this icon and run it under a Linux emulator
> session.

Open Windows while running Linux? That's either a fable or WINE. Would love to
see the Linux Emulator running WINE ;) then we get 

FreeBSD->Emulating Linux->Emulating Windows

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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai
asmodai(at)wxs.nl
Junior Network/Security Specialist
*BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve...

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