Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 13:00:26 +0100 (MET) From: "Werner Griessl" <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> To: stevt@digitalweb.com (Steve Tan) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: newbie : How write to DOS Floppy ? Message-ID: <199602021200.NAA17045@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> In-Reply-To: <199602020101.RAA06440@iceland.it.earthlink.net> from "Steve Tan" at Feb 1, 96 05:01:25 pm
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> > Hi, > > I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'm > trying to figure out how to write files to a DOS disk, my > floppy drive. I didn't see any info in the FAQ's or > installation guides. > > I believe I need to mount /dev/fd0 or /dev/rmt0 , but I can't > find the specific command to use. > > I'm using BSD to develop CGI perl scripts and need to transfer > them to a PC running Win95. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Steve > > Use "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt" to mount a dos-floppy. Do'nt forget to unmount the floppy before removing it with "umount /mnt" . You can also use the "mtools" from the ports or package-distribution. Look into the manpages for mread and mwrite ! Werner
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