Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 21:16:43 GMT From: freebsd@kempston.demon.co.uk (Mike Mann) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE : Copying DOS files to UNIX Message-ID: <199803032116.VAA09179@camelot.netcom.net.uk> In-Reply-To: <199803011332_MC2-3513-FE91@compuserve.com> References: <199803011332_MC2-3513-FE91@compuserve.com>
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On Sun, 1 Mar 1998 13:32:41 -0500, MALCOLM BOFF <Malcolm_Boff@compuserve.com> wrote: >To mount the DOS partition you need a mountpoint (I created a directory >/dos) then issue the following command :- >mount -t msdos /dev/sd0s1 /dos Except that, on my system, attempting to mount two of my three DOS partitions results in: "mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length" and "man mount_msdos" reports that, after this warning message: "it is possible that writing to the MS-DOS filesystem would produce corruption on the disc" which is rather worrying. My third DOS partition mounts successfully without this warning. Can anyone advise if there's anything I can do to the root directory on the DOS partitions to avoid this warning and the potential for corruption? Or any other workaround? I presume that mounting read only is safe. Regards, Mike. -- Home: freebsd@kempston.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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