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From: "Humprey C. Sy" <humprey@linux1.dlsu.edu.ph>
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:

> I have installed BSD version 2.1 and am able to read the data stored on 
> an 8mm tape in tar format. I need to pass the data to a dos filesystem 
> where it can be processed and sent to a tester via a Pathworks network 

[snipped]

You can't directly copy it to /dev/sd0s2.  You have to mount that 
partition first.

- Humprey -