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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 1997 17:00:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Joseph Wronkowski <jawronko@islc.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Adding HD's formatted in dos
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970317165949.1111F-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199703150934.EAA27448@server.islc.net>

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On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Joseph Wronkowski wrote:

> I have recently setup BSD on my computer.  I have partitioned  1.2 gig disk
> 400 dos, 400 bsd, and 400 for linux.  Linux has its own setup proceedures
> so that it will read the other harddrives in my computer(I have 3). and
> then you just name them IE
> hdb1 is /dosc
> hdc1 is /dose
> this way you can see and use what you have on the other disks eventhough it
> is DOS formated.  Do I only have to make a few changes in the Fstab to
> allow this to happen so that at boot up it will recognize the disks and
> name them what I want.
> 
> I tried mount /dev/wd1 /mnt but it says it dosn't know what Im talking
> about.

You need to specify the filesystem type and the correct slice.

Try:

mount -t msdos /dev/wd1s1 /mnt

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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