From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 13 16:46:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA00965 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 16:21:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06820 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:32:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA22589; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:21:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:21:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reading floppies In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II wrote: > > How to i read read floppies or transfer a file from a floppy in freebsd > 2.2.1 For sake of simplicity we'll assume DOS floppies (although you could create ufs floppies...) 1. Mounting: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt 2. Using: The disk's root directory is under /mnt; standard commands apply (cp, mv, rm, etc.) 3. Unmounting (**DO THIS BEFORE EJECTING THE DISK OR YOU WILL REGRET IT**) umount /mnt Of course you must run (u)mount as root. OR: 1. Install the mtools port/package. 2. Use mtools commands as appropriate to copy/remove/list files. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major