Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:02:06 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Poor Guys <dustpan@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting a: drive Message-ID: <199811240402.WAA23834@n4hhe.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Poor Guys <dustpan@earthlink.net> of "Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:18:49 EST." <3.0.3.32.19981123221849.006b8ac4@earthlink.net>
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Poor Guys writes: > Hello, > > I am fairly new here, and I realize that the floppy drive isnt the greatest > Unix tool, but I have a later SVGA drive version for my video card I am > trying to get installed so FreeBSD can run X 3.3.1. Anyways, how do I get > this file off the disk? What commands do I need to use to get access the > the A: drive The easiest way to do is is install the mtools port/package: /usr/ports/emulators/mtools Then you'd simply insert the floppy and type "mdir a:" and "mcopy a:the_file.ext ." and you'd have it. The user you run as has to have at least read permission on the floppy device(s). Easiest way to do this is to add yourself to the operator group. Without mtools you might (as root): # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0.1440 /mnt Don't forget to umount the floppy before removing it. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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