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From: James Raynard <fqueries@parody.tecc.co.uk>
To: GR8868@siucvmb.siu.edu
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Subject: Re: Communication between DOS and FreeBSD
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On Tue, 12 Dec 1995 GR8868@siucvmb.siu.edu wrote:

> I have successfully installed FreeBSD 2.11 in a minimal installation. I wonder
> how I can add other part of FreeBSD (like manpages) to the installation now.
> The other question is if I have some files in my DOS part, how can I copy them
> into FreeBSD part? Can they communicate with each other in terms of file
> transfering?

Yes, just mount the DOS partition on a suitable point in the FreeBSD tree.
eg if the DOS partition is slice 1 on an IDE HD,

mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /mnt

(If you do this often it may be better to create another mount point such
as /dos - /mnt is really meant for temporary mounts).

James

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