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Date:      Sun, 7 Jul 2002 18:35:09 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Ivan <lonerx@phreaker.net>
Cc:        david.and.laura@juno.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   MS-DOS Disks (was Re: Problems with compiling my own kernel)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207071832490.39233-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020708000128.GC2039@fuckface.local.com>

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On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Ivan wrote:

> Just take a floppy disk which was formatted in Windows (it means that 
> it has FAT as it's file system =) and perform following actions (as 
> root):
> 
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
> cp /(whatever dir)/FREEBIE /mnt
> umount /mnt

There's an easier and safer way: install the mtools port.  Then you can
do thing like:

mcopy FREEBIE a:

And you don't have to worry about unmounting the device, which can be
bad if you forget.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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