Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 22:57:12 -0700 From: charon@freethought.org To: media@mail1.nai.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting primary DOS partition Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990502225712.00a3fa60@mail> In-Reply-To: <v03130305b3528879a3dc@[209.150.39.65]>
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At 11:01 PM 5/2/99 -0400, media@mail1.nai.net wrote: >When I'm in the FreeBSD installer, and choose to mount my primary DOS >partition, it asks for a name (it asks me to enter a number followed by a >"/"). > >Which number should I choose?? I don't offhand recall that prompt... the primary DOS partition is usually called wd0s1 (if you're using IDE drives, and sd0s1 if you're using SCSI). If it's asking where distribution is, you obviously picked the right number last time :) >Since I have 3.1-RELEASE more or less up and running, which command will >prove I can access my DOS partition from FreeBSD?? cd /mnt mkdir DOS mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 DOS cd DOS you can play around with it like a normal FreeBSD drive. Charon@freethought.org http://members.home.net/tuathadedanann/ "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." -Voltaire To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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