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Article #1095Re: Mounting a MS-DOS floppy
From: Matthew Dillon
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 02:28
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 02:28
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>In article <1992Sep11.140337.15360@next.cambridge.ma.us> simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us (Simson L. Garfinkel) writes:
>>In article <PPOH.92Sep10095358@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu>
>ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu (Paul B. Poh) writes:
>>
>> 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)
>..
Yes, and an excellent way to crash your NeXT if you aren't careful.
I could not find any documentation on how to use these filesystems with
workspace other then what you get when you run the command with no
arguments. My NeXT (running 3.0) recognizes DOS disks just fine but
when it comes to *formatting* it's at a loss.
-Matt
>................................................................simson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!overload!dillon From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mounting a MS-DOS floppy Distribution: world Message-ID: <dillon.0nmq@overload.Berkeley.CA.US> References: <PPOH.92Sep10095358@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu> <1992Sep11.140337.15360@next.cambridge.ma.us> Date: 12 Sep 92 18:28:22 PST Organization: Not an Organization Lines: 32