Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 21:12:43 +0000 () From: James Raynard <fqueries@parody.tecc.co.uk> To: GR8868@siucvmb.siu.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Communication between DOS and FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951219210705.182A-100000@parody.tecc.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199512121846.KAA14906@mail.barrnet.net>
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On Tue, 12 Dec 1995 GR8868@siucvmb.siu.edu wrote: > I have successfully installed FreeBSD 2.11 in a minimal installation. I wonder > how I can add other part of FreeBSD (like manpages) to the installation now. > The other question is if I have some files in my DOS part, how can I copy them > into FreeBSD part? Can they communicate with each other in terms of file > transfering? Yes, just mount the DOS partition on a suitable point in the FreeBSD tree. eg if the DOS partition is slice 1 on an IDE HD, mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /mnt (If you do this often it may be better to create another mount point such as /dos - /mnt is really meant for temporary mounts). James Segmentation fault (core dumped): cannot find file '.signature'
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