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From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk?
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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes:

> Why would you want to mount an MSDOS floppy on a server?

In order to copy a raw file image to the floppy.

> That reduces the security and stability of your server

Not really. See above. The intent is not to leave the floppy permanently
mounted; I only needed to copy a raw diskette image to the floppy (a
boot floppy for FreeBSD, as it happens). As it happens, I found a way to
do it under Windows, so the problem is solved.

-- 
Anthony