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- From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: Mounting a MS-DOS floppy
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- 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
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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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