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Date:      Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:10:41 -0400
From:      donny@ms1.hinet.net (Donny Lee)
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mount DOS/OS2 partitions in read write mode?
Message-ID:  <199610180421.MAA18318@ms1.hinet.net>

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-=*> Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> wrote:
>>  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

   Luck me, I didn't use FIPS to alter any of my hd partitions.  :)

>HPFS disks aren't supported currently.

   Too bad.  :)

>>  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
> Install the 'color_ls' port and see it's manpage.

   Yes, I found it, and also lots of utilities from the
   installtion menus.

   thanks.

 // Donny



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