Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 15:46:34 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mounting dos fs, mkdev Message-ID: <366560DA.DA8AFEE@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981202095150.928A-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org>
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Thomas Good wrote: > > Just got BSD up and going... > :-) > I am currently stuck in the following areas: > > 1) I do not have mtools installed yet...how may I get the tarball > off of a floppy and onto my system? Can FreeBSD read a system V fs? > Should I stick with a dos formatted floppy (how can I mount it?). > As root ``mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt'' then just use cp(1) to copy file from the floppy (/mnt) to the HD. Don't forget to ``umount /mnt'' before removing the floppy. > 2) What is the syntax for mounting a dos partition? I've tried > mount_msdos but am generating only stderr...I would also like to mount > an ext2 floppy...if possible. > Mount DOS HD partitions as for floppy but replace ``fd0'' with the correct device, something like ``wd0s1a'' > 3) Finally: I need to get my UUCP conf files happy with an > internal modem (com4 so it would be /dev/cuaa3...) Of course I get > the `device not configured' complaint from cu...anyone able to point > me to a relevant HOWTO or URL? I'm assuming I need to mkdev as sio3 > is not found on boot diagnostics... > sio[23] are just disabled in the GENERIC kernel. ``-c'' at the boot prompt, then ``visual'' at the config prompt, <TAB> to the lower pane, expand the tree and enable sio[23], quit & save changes. > (Anybody know of a howto that covers forcing bsd to use HDB mode for > UUCP? Not too familiar with Taylor having used BNU for years...) > > Many thanks! > Tom > > ----------- Sisters of Charity Medical Center ---------- > Department of Psychiatry > ---- > Thomas Good, System Administrator <tomg@q8.nrnet.org> > North Richmond CMHC/Residential Services Phone: 718-354-5528 > 75 Vanderbilt Ave, Quarters 8 Fax: 718-354-5056 > Staten Island, NY 10304 www.panix.com/~ugd > ---- > Powered by PostgreSQL 6.3.2 / Perl 5.004 / DBI-0.91::DBD-PG-0.69 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > Cheers, > Tom > -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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