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Date:      Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:41:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com>
To:        FRED BENS <navell@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Copying files to DOS partitions ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960228144027.20944R-100000@nervosa.com>
In-Reply-To: <199602281735.JAA18537@ix10.ix.netcom.com>

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On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, FRED BENS wrote:

> "cp filename /dev/sd0s2" seems to be executing but the DOS programs do 
> not see the data . In fact ,it wipes out the known dos files on the 
> Fred Bens

euarghh, That is NOT the way to copy files at all. What you are doing is 
infact copying the file to slice 2 of disk 0. Instead mount the disk 
first using mount -t msdos mountpoint /dev/sd0a, and than copy the files 
into the appropriate area under mount point.

== Chris Layne ==============================================================
== coredump@nervosa.com ================= http://www.nervosa.com/~coredump ==




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