Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:11:55 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: markjr@shmooze.net (Stunt Pope) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reading a windows syquset 135 cartridge from freeBSD2.2.2 Message-ID: <199802101411.IAA00533@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199802100139.UAA09832@shmooze.net> from Stunt Pope at "Feb 9, 98 08:39:23 pm"
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In a previous message, Stunt Pope said: > > > > We want to be able to read files from a SCSI syquest 135. The cartridges > are going to be windows filesystems (i.e we want to read files > that come off of a windoze box). > > I tried > > disklabel -Brw sd2 auto This creates a freebsd slice on the disk. > and from there a newfs and tunefs that I got from the mailing list > archives (I can't show those cause someone just rebooted that > box). newfs and tunefs, create and tune the ufs partition on the disk. > At any rate, I could mount the drive, but it seems to have mounted it > as a ufs filesys? All the files are gone, and it seems to be formatted > now. Yes, that's what you did to it. > So, how do I do "disklabel" and such so that we can mount an msdos > or windoze formatted cartridges (read only is fine). You do nothing with disklabel. All you do is use mount. As in mount -t msdos /dev/sd2s1 /syquest You've lost the data that was on the cartridge. > Is it doable? Sure is. I have 2 Syquests (1 at work, 1 at home). I've found it convient to make 2 slices on cartridges, one for NT and one for FreeBSD. It works great. > > thanks in advance > > Mark Jeftovic aka: mark jeff or vic, stunt pope. > markjr@shmOOze.net http://www.shmOOze.net/~markjr > PWC's BOFH http://www.PrivateWorld.com > IRC: L-bOMb Keep `em Guessing > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message > -- He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace. -- John Mason Brown, drama critic To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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