From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 10 0:38:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gate.ldn.wdr.com (gate.ldn.wdr.com [193.82.179.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D56215156 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 00:38:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Clem.Dye@wdr.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gate.ldn.wdr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA24798; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:38:03 +0100 (BST) From: Clem.Dye@wdr.com Received: from inside(192.168.0.1) by gate via smap (V2.0) id xma024125; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:37:07 +0100 Received: from ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com [172.16.234.32]) by ln4p1013pos.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA11599; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:37:05 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by ln4p1129.ldn.swissbank.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6/WDR alpha evision: 1.7 $) with SMTP id IAA04892; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:37:04 +0100 (BST) X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:36:55 +0100 Message-Id: Subject: RE: Re: DOS & UNIX Format Utilities MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Abbas.Karbassian@cambridge.simoco.com, alexkwan@pacific.net.hk, Clem.Dye@wdr.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="BDY.TXT" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="BDY.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Processed-By: BrianWare hpomsmf V2.3.40, 19 May 1999 X-WDR-Disclaimer: Version $Revision: 1.13 $ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yeah, but look at the original question. From what I understand, it was to do with formatting floppies to 1.7MB capacity (the so-called Micro$oft DMF format). Can the MSDOS simulator handle this? Clem -----Original Message----- From: Abbas.Karbassian Sent: 09 September 1999 20:40 To: alexkwan; Dye, Clem Cc: Abbas.Karbassian; freebsd-questions Subject: Re: DOS & UNIX Format Utilities Hi Alex and Clem: It help to install the following: Go to /usr/ports/emulators/mtools/ and install the MSDOS simulation package. With this package you can format copy a disk in DOS format. If you have a freebsd on CD do the followings: 1 - /stand/sysinstall 2 - Select the menue for the post configuration (I can not remeber the exact title, because I am not in front of my P.C) 3 - Go to Pacakges 4 - Go to emulators directory I can not remeber, but you will see a pacakge with somthing like "Tools for manipulating MSDOS files" description , select this pacake and then install this. To know more about this when you installed this pacakge do : man mcopy man mdir man mdelete ( I am not sure about this, please check) Regards Abbas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message