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Date:      Sat, 10 Jan 1998 19:16:43 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net>
To:        Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II <jrs@Mcs.Net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: reading floppies 
Message-ID:  <199801110116.TAA23480@nospam.hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: Message from Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II <jrs@Mcs.Net>  of "Fri, 09 Jan 1998 16:08:58 CST." <Pine.BSF.3.95.980109160817.23648B-100000@Jupiter.Mcs.Net> 

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> How to i read read floppies or transfer a file from a floppy in freebsd
> 2.2.1

To/From where? The answer depends.

FreeBSD-FreeBSD, you can simply "tar -cvf /dev/fd0.14400 [files...]"

FreeBSD-DOS, the easiest way is to install the mtools port and use 
"mcopy" to read/write the floppies.

--
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.





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