Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 14:12:40 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Cc: hans@flash.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Please help. Message-ID: <199605151212.OAA00401@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199605132255.PAA01234@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at May 13, 96 03:55:20 pm
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Doug White wrote:
[...]
> > Also, how do I transfer files back and forth between the dos and FreeBSD
> > file system?
>
> Normally, you'd mount the dos filesystem with mount_msdos, but since you
> FIPS'd it, I wouldn't recommend that. I'd use floppies if the stuff you're
> transferring will fit on them.
>
> There are problems with the MSDOSFS that can cause corruption if FIPS has
> resized them (particularly, if the sector size changes).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The sector size can't change. What can - and should - change is the DOS
cluster (allocation unit) size.
The problem is more what FIPS _doesn't_ change, than what it does.
--
Robert Nordier
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