Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 21:30:43 -0400 From: =?utf-8?B?TmljayBFdmFucw==?= <nevans@nextvenue.com> To: =?utf-8?B?J0RhbiBOZWxzb24n?= <dnelson@emsphone.com>, =?utf-8?B?WmhpaHVpIFpoYW5n?= <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: =?utf-8?B?UkU6IENvcHkgZmlsZXMgd2luOTg8LT5mcmVlYnNkIG9uIHNhbWUg?= =?utf-8?B?bWFjaGluZQ==?= Message-ID: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B07C9DB@sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFEEC5.754223A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Yeah, but what about FAT32? Is it supported by mount_msdos? -----Original Message----- From: Dan Nelson [mailto:dnelson@emsphone.com] Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 9:33 PM To: Zhihui Zhang Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Copy files win98<->freebsd on same machine In the last episode (Jul 15), Zhihui Zhang said: > > I have a box installed with both windows98 and freebsd4.0. Can I read and > write files in windows98 with mount_msdos utility from freebsd safely? I > do not want to risk the danger of damaging my windows98 paritition. If > possible, I want to access both C and D drive of windows98. You certainly can. In fact, I have moved my win98 partition to a completely new drive by mounting the old and new disks and doing a "tar|tar" to copy the data over, and had no problems at all (I've done it twice actually). -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFEEC5.754223A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2652.35"> <TITLE>RE: Copy files win98<->freebsd on same machine</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Yeah, but what about FAT32? Is it supported by mount_msdos?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Dan Nelson [<A HREF="mailto:dnelson@emsphone.com">mailto:dnelson@emsphone.com</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 9:33 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Zhihui Zhang</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Copy files win98<->freebsd on same machine</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>In the last episode (Jul 15), Zhihui Zhang said:</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I have a box installed with both windows98 and freebsd4.0. Can I read and</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> write files in windows98 with mount_msdos utility from freebsd safely? I</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> do not want to risk the danger of damaging my windows98 paritition. If</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> possible, I want to access both C and D drive of windows98.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>You certainly can. In fact, I have moved my win98 partition to a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>completely new drive by mounting the old and new disks and doing a</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>"tar|tar" to copy the data over, and had no problems at all (I've done</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>it twice actually).</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2>Dan Nelson</FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2>dnelson@emsphone.com</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFEEC5.754223A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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