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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:41:59 -0800 (PST)
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To: FRED BENS <navell@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: Copying files to DOS partitions ?
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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 ==============================================================
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