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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:25:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Alex Kwan <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: copy text file to a dos formatted floppy
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909172124260.961-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <000f01bf01b8$68f28e00$b0c2fea9@parsley>

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On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Alex Kwan wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> How to copy a freebsd text file to a dos 
> formatted floppy on a FreeBSD mechine 
> (I wanted  to read this file on a MS 
> Windows98 mechine)?

mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
cp yourfile /mnt
umount /mnt

however, I prefer using mtools:
cd /usr/ports/emulators/mtools/
make install
mcopy yourfile a:

good luck,
-Alfred



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