Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:57:44 -0400 From: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Mark asks: Can anyone send me mcopy? Message-ID: <3CC19E08.8CA859B0@earthlink.net>
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After writing the stuff below, I just figured out what will get me over the hump... Can anyone send me mcopy? If so, simply attach it to email and send it to me please. Thanks -- Mark > Jan Grant graciously wrote: > > > > I'm slightly confused here. According to the GallantWEB website, > > their product is based on "A Linux operating system" - a RedHat > > install with a 2.2 kernel (unless that's just marketeer-speak and > > they call it that while using a much more license-friendly BSD :-) ) The version of GallantWEB I have was the last one based on FreeBSD. It is pre-configured FreeBSD 3.3. Please. I'm trying to learn UNIX (for about the 4th time). But I need a working system upon which to learn. If I can't get the help I need, I will have to give up again. The present 3.3 system is simply an install. I have not used it because I can't get the ethernet cards working -- that requires 4.3 at least. That's why I'm trying to upgrade. But the working 3.3 system does have everything I want, so that's why I'm trying to copy its configuration files prior to overwriting it with 4.5. I plan to use those configuration files as a guide to what I need to put into 4.5 once I get it installed. Won't someone please help me? Please, don't just talk around the problem. That's a waste of time. I need to copy files from a CD to an MS-DOS formatted floppy. I figured out how to mount the cdrom, but I have no ms-dos file drivers, I have no man pages, I have ms-dos utilites like "mcopy". How can I get the job done? As a second question, what other files should I make copies of? -- possibly, every file that has a '.conf' extension? I don't know. Perhaps some background about me will help. I'm 55 years old. I've been a system architect for 25 years. I've used UNIX systems. I know all about the file system and the kernel. But I don't know how to do this simple task which will get me over the hump. If I could find the ms-dos file drivers, I would put the files into the system and mount it, but I don't know what to look for. I understand that if I could find "mcopy", I wouldn't need to mount the ms-dos file system, but I can't find mcopy either. Please help. -- Mark == original post follows == Hello. Q1: How do I do The Task, below? Q2: Are there any other configuration files that I should make copies of in preparation for the new system? (Note: I want the new system to have the same capabilities as the old system.) Important Facts =============== * The existing installation has *no* man pages. * The existing installation has *no* MS-DOS clone commands (e.g., "mcd", "mcopy", etc.) * I could not figure out if the system has what it takes to mount an MS-DOS file system -- I don't know where things are. * The resulting floppy must be readable by Win98SE. The Task ======== I'm trying to make backup copies of /etc/rc.conf /etc/defaults/rc.conf /usr/local/s_apache/bin/apachectl prior to overwriting 3.3 (i.e., GallantWEB) with 4.5. The backup media is a 1.44MB floppy formatted with MS-DOS. After about an hour of trying to access disc 2 of the CD set (i.e., the live file system), I finally figured out mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/??? /cdrom ??? ==> I don't remember what the device name is in GallantWEB, but it is *not* cd0a. Luckily, I can find it again with this command: more /etc/fstab (which *only* took me about 1/2 hour to discover). All help is appreciated. Ciao -- Mark -- See my resume: http://home.earthlink.net/~filipak/resume/ See my music trade pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~filipak/music/ Last updated: 14 April 2002 Q: Is UNIX the spawn of the Devil? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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