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Date:      Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:30:35 +0200 (IST)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        "Linden, S. van der - Sander" <LindenS@JaarbeursUtrecht.nl>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: BSD and MS-DOS
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980227152950.13989A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <c=NL%a=_%p=JAARBEURS%l=JBU0006-980227133141Z-13541@JBU0006.JaarbeursUtrecht.nl>

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On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Linden, S. van der - Sander wrote:

> I have two questions. The first question one of which I personally think
> it is not possible, the second question is one that I hope an positive
> anwser will come.
> 
> 1. Is it possible to install BSD in a MS-DOS directory instead of a
> separate partition ?

No. FreeBSD requires its own (non-extended) partition.

> 
> 2. Is it possible when in BSD to access MS-DOS files ?

Yes. You can mount FAT volumes under FreeBSD. You can also access DOS
files using mtools (in the ports collection).

> 
> The second question is important to me, because I like to use scripts,
> but if I cannot read my input, I have a problem.
> 
> I hope you can help me.
> 
> Best regards,
> Sander van der Linden
> 
Nadav


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