Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:27:51 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Gerd Truschinski <agni@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP - Server with ZIP an Floppy Message-ID: <199806301727.KAA06751@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:31:29 %2B0200." <3.0.5.32.19980630163129.0093a210@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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> Hi there, > > I want to build a small box which serves as a FTP server > for diskless X-Terminals. I.e. people insert a floppy disk > or a ZIP medium in the box, logon via FTP and read/write their > files. Then they take their disks away. They could NOT logon > via telnet nor is there any keyboard at the ftp-box. > > Is it possible to write to a disk 'without' mounting the file > system each time? Is there something like 'mount volatile'? > To make it clear, I don't want to have any useraction like > 'mount -t msdos'. > > Should I stay with KA9Q and DOS because this is not > possible with FreeBSD. If you want to use the DOS format, look at 'mtools'. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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