Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:24:46 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Otier <kodiak@Rigel.orionsys.com> To: Udo Wolter <uwp@ukrv.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Coping Files From MS-DOS to a BSD Partitian? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970321002006.6801B-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com> In-Reply-To: <9703210713.AA08207@merlin.ukrv.de>
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On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Udo Wolter wrote: > Hi ! > > > I use the mount_msdos command, but I imagine you could use mount -t msdos. > > The format I use is: > > mount_msdos -m 500 /dev/(whatever) /dos > > the -m sets the mask to owner read/execute, so I don't accidentally screw > > my filesystem; I've heard rumors that FreeBSD has no real problems > > writing MSDOS filesystems, but I tend to stay on the safe side. > > I got many problems writing MSDOS-fs. Everytime I wrote on it, scandisk told > me about lost chains. When I forgot to use scandisk, my partition really > gets bad. One time I totally screwed it up. Since then I only use > MSDOS-partitions as read only...:-( > > This is a bad situation, I'd like to write on it, but there are so few messages > about the development of MSDOS-support, so it's too dangerous for me to > try it again. Maybe someone can tell me why it happens ? Or even maybe he or > she can tell me if it's ok now ? When I tried (awhile back), I seem to recall that FreeBSD completely ignored the FAT tables. Not good. Generally it's time to restore from backup once it happens since if your disk is fragmented at all it will overwrite file sections of files already on the disk. Kodiak
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