Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 00:31:40 +0000 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> To: Doug Jolley <doug@bigwheel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting a DOS Partition Message-ID: <3468F8EB.1E3ACEBB@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> References: <199711111828.KAA17779@jupiter.neptune.net>
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Doug Jolley wrote: > Specifically, I'm inquiring about how to mount a DOS partition. > I assume that it's something like: > > mount -t msdos /dev/??? /MountDir > > It's what replaces the question marks that baffles me. I think > this is a special case of the more general question, "How do > I tell what the filenames in the /dev directory relate to?" > Can someone please enlighten me? Thanks for any help. > /dev/?devicename>?Ndsk>s?nSlice>?letter> devisename=[fd, floppy] | [wd, ide drive] | [sd scsi drive] Ndsk = 0 .. number of devices, wd0 --- first IDE disk nSlice --- for dos usially 4. ?letter> -- I don't know. What is it ? > ... doug > _____________________________________________________________________ > Doug Jolley mailto://doug@bigwheel.net http://www.bigwheel.net > Don't bogart that file, my friend. Net it over to me. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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