Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 11:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Donny Lee <donny@ms1.hinet.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mount DOS/OS2 partitions in read write mode? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961017113704.4922E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199610170619.OAA09261@ms1.hinet.net>
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On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Donny Lee wrote: > Through a whole week nights hard work, I finally have the > 2.1.5 installation done. > > Now I'm wondering if I can mount DOS & OS/2 partitions in? > and in read & write mode. Could it be possible? FreeBSD can mount FAT filesystems read/write. Be warned that some filesystems, especially those that have been FIPSd, are in a format that FreeBSD doesn't like with the current msdosfs code and could cause data corruption. HPFS disks aren't supported currently. > And I ever saw other's machine with several colors for different > file types when 'ls' issued, but how come my 2.1.5 doesn't look > like that? Install the 'color_ls' port and see it's manpage. 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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