Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:14:16 -0700 (PDT) From: phillip@mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: conf/12700: Errors in mtools.conf file Message-ID: <19990718221416.43DA814BFD@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 12700 >Category: conf >Synopsis: Errors in mtools.conf file >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 18 15:20:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Phillip Musumeci >Release: 3.1-RELEASE and 3.2-RELEASE >Organization: RMIT Uni >Environment: FreeBSD josephine.net.at.home 3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Jul 18 13:50:21 EST 1999 phillip@josephine.net.at.home:/usr/src/sys/compile/barton i386 >Description: 1) mtools.conf suggests changing permission on the /dev/fd device which has NOTHING to do with floppy disks or hard disks. 2) examples mention mkdosfs which has been replaced by newfs_msdos. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: josephine# diff --context /usr/local/etc/mtools.conf.orig /usr/local/etc/mtools.conf *** /usr/local/etc/mtools.conf.orig Sun Jul 11 00:48:49 1999 --- /usr/local/etc/mtools.conf Mon Jul 19 08:03:51 1999 *************** *** 5,11 **** # devices named here in order to access the DOS file systems. You might give # ALL USERS access to ALL FLOPPY DISKS via the command # ! # chmod a+rw /dev/*fd* # # or you might give SPECIFIC GROUP MEMBERS access to a PARTICULAR FLOPPY DISK # via the commands --- 5,11 ---- # devices named here in order to access the DOS file systems. You might give # ALL USERS access to ALL FLOPPY DISKS via the command # ! # chmod a+rw /dev/fd[0-9]* /dev/rfd[0-9]* # # or you might give SPECIFIC GROUP MEMBERS access to a PARTICULAR FLOPPY DISK # via the commands *************** *** 19,29 **** # # Example: To prepare drive A: for use as a 1.44M floppy on FreeBSD: # [1] low level format with ......... fdformat /dev/rfd0.1440 ! # [2] write a file system with ...... mkdosfs -f 1440 /dev/rfd0 # [3] then use mcopy/mdir etc. in the usual way. # # The mformat command could also be used to build the DOS file system ! # in place of mkdosfs. # # FreeBSD floppy drives drive a: file="/dev/rfd0" --- 19,31 ---- # # Example: To prepare drive A: for use as a 1.44M floppy on FreeBSD: # [1] low level format with ......... fdformat /dev/rfd0.1440 ! # [2] write a file system with ! # on FreeBSD 3.x .... newfs_msdos -f 1440 /dev/rfd0 ! # on FreeBSD 2.x .... mkdosfs -f 1440 /dev/rfd0 # [3] then use mcopy/mdir etc. in the usual way. # # The mformat command could also be used to build the DOS file system ! # in place of newfs_msdos. # # FreeBSD floppy drives drive a: file="/dev/rfd0" *************** *** 47,53 **** # # Example: To prepare and use a 720K floppy on FreeBSD: # [1] low level format with ......... fdformat /dev/rfd0.720 ! # [2] write a file system with ...... mkdosfs -f 720 /dev/fd0 # [3] then use mcopy/mdir etc. in the usual way. # drive s: file="/dev/rfd0.720" --- 49,55 ---- # # Example: To prepare and use a 720K floppy on FreeBSD: # [1] low level format with ......... fdformat /dev/rfd0.720 ! # [2] write a file system with ...... newfs_msdos -f 720 /dev/fd0 # [3] then use mcopy/mdir etc. in the usual way. # drive s: file="/dev/rfd0.720" >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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