Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 04:38:40 -0400 From: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mark asks: Can anyone send me mcopy? Message-ID: <3CC3CC10.2F50EB0D@earthlink.net> References: <3CC19E08.8CA859B0@earthlink.net> <20020422075640.GU27975@roman.mobil.cz>
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I **can't** believe this. Is this for real? I ask someone, anyone, to simply send me mcopy. No one sends me mcopy. Instead many people preach at me. What is wrong with this picture? Regards -- Mark Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > 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? > > > > 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. > > # cd /usr/ports/emulators/mtools && make install clean > do that, and you'll have mcopy (along with other stuff) > > but. why a FAT-formatted floppy? > > /etc/fstab: > /dev/fd0 /floppy ufs rw,noauto 0 0 > > and then simply: > > # mount /floppy > > hmm, you'll need to *create* FFS-formatted floppies. :) > > --------8<-------- > #!/bin/sh > > fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 \ > && disklabel -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 \ > && newfs -T fd1440 fd0.1440 > -------->8-------- > > > > 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 > > -- > FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE > 9:50AM up 6 days, 23:03, 4 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 -- 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 Satan? 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