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Article #1066Re: Mounting a MS-DOS floppy
From: Simson L. Garfinkel
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:03
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:03
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In article <PPOH.92Sep10095358@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu>
ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu (Paul B. Poh) writes:
>
> I am correct in assuming that there is no way of mounting an MS-DOS floppy
> in a NeXT. ex. "mount -t pcfs /dev/fd0a /DOS" like on a Sun. NeXT's docs
> seem to indicate that by putting a MS-DOS formatted disk into the drive a
> folder named DOS will appear in the root folder. But I don't see a
> directory named /DOS.
>
> Anyone know how I can read a MS-DOS disk on a NeXT if I'm not at the
> console or if I'm not running the NeXT window manager.
>
altos> /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util
usage: /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util action device [[mount_point] removable
writable]
action:
-p (Probe)
-m (Mount)
-i (Initialize)
-r (Repair)
-u (Unmount)
altos>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!next.cambridge.ma.us!simsong From: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us (Simson L. Garfinkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mounting a MS-DOS floppy Message-ID: <1992Sep11.140337.15360@next.cambridge.ma.us> Date: 11 Sep 92 14:03:37 GMT References: <PPOH.92Sep10095358@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu> Sender: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us Reply-To: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us Organization: Simson Garfinkel and Associates, Inc. Lines: 26