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> 
> How to i read read floppies or transfer a file from a floppy in freebsd
> 2.2.1

To/From where? The answer depends.

FreeBSD-FreeBSD, you can simply "tar -cvf /dev/fd0.14400 [files...]"

FreeBSD-DOS, the easiest way is to install the mtools port and use 
"mcopy" to read/write the floppies.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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