From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 23 20:03:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA00446 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:03:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt1-200.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00416 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:03:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA23834; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:02:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199811240402.WAA23834@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Poor Guys cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: mounting a: drive In-reply-to: Message from Poor Guys of "Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:18:49 EST." <3.0.3.32.19981123221849.006b8ac4@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:02:06 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Poor Guys writes: > Hello, > > I am fairly new here, and I realize that the floppy drive isnt the greatest > Unix tool, but I have a later SVGA drive version for my video card I am > trying to get installed so FreeBSD can run X 3.3.1. Anyways, how do I get > this file off the disk? What commands do I need to use to get access the > the A: drive The easiest way to do is is install the mtools port/package: /usr/ports/emulators/mtools Then you'd simply insert the floppy and type "mdir a:" and "mcopy a:the_file.ext ." and you'd have it. The user you run as has to have at least read permission on the floppy device(s). Easiest way to do this is to add yourself to the operator group. Without mtools you might (as root): # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0.1440 /mnt Don't forget to umount the floppy before removing it. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message