Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 18:46:06 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Alberto Pandolfo <alberto@ipmcomms.co.uk>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Copying file to floppy! Message-ID: <19980629184606.G1880@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <417C2EBF36C3D111B62D00805F89826305DD@IPMCWNT002>; from Alberto Pandolfo on Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 04:40:50PM %2B0100 References: <417C2EBF36C3D111B62D00805F89826305DD@IPMCWNT002>
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On Friday, 26 June 1998 at 16:40:50 +0100, Alberto Pandolfo wrote: > > Once a dos floppy has been mounted, > > # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > > how can I read its contents and then copy some files into it? > Do I need afterwards to unmount the floppy? > > I'm not a unix expert I need just a small help. Don't use mount, use mtools. They're like DOS commands with an m in front of them. For example, to copy file foo.bar to /dev/rfd0 (the "A:" drive), enter mcopy foo.bar a: You don't need mount or umount. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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