From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 10 06:13:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA01838 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 06:13:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA01832 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 06:12:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA00533; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:11:55 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199802101411.IAA00533@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: reading a windows syquset 135 cartridge from freeBSD2.2.2 To: markjr@shmooze.net (Stunt Pope) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 08:11:55 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199802100139.UAA09832@shmooze.net> from Stunt Pope at "Feb 9, 98 08:39:23 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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