Cynthia Grossen wrote: >>This "Mount" term is confusing, what does it mean? >> >> > >mount is a command that 'adds' some files to your filesystem© it is >generally used to mount files on removable media types, i©e© floppies and >cd-roms, zips,etc© but your whole filesystem is 'mounted' ¥usually at boot¤ >and mount points are things like '/' and '/etc/' or '/usr/' and your whole >filesystem is unmounted on shutdown ¥at least it is if everything is going >smoothly¤© > >For a more detailed description of the commands check the man pages for >'mount' and 'umount' you can do this by typing 'man mount'© > Hi Cynthia, thanks a lot for the info, makes things much clearer© Didn't know that the term mount was a command©© That clears things up exceedengly© Thamks Royce > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 12 >Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:35:35 -0500 >From: Royce Wise <royce@wayxcable©com> >To: newbie@xfree86©org >Subject: Re: filemanager >Reply-To: newbie@XFree86©Org > >Dexter Filmore wrote: > > > >>Errr© >> >>Why dontcha just mount the DOS drives into your BSD root dir? Like >> >>mkdir /dos >> >>mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /dos >> >>¥or hda2 or sda1 or whatever your DOS drive is¤ >> >>The file manager is not the point here, it's the file system that needs >>to be hooked into the system ¥UN*X philosophy: everything is a file¤ >> >>If I got you all wrong here, lemme know© >> >>Dex >> >> >> >> >Dex you are absouloutely correct© >We bought BSD and 2 books on it, the CD's came first© We had a spare >drive, so we installed it on this drive© It installed as/just as easilly >as windows, and even took less time© >We can wheel and deal with the DOS world, and have started programing > for protected mode© The Unix world is completely new to us© This "Mount" >term is confusing, what does it mean? Thanks so much for your help© Royce > > > >> >> >> >> >>>The CD does not have a file manager listed in any of the ports© We >>>found MC on the FreeBSD web site as well as Mozilla© We downloaded them >>>to our DOS drive but DOS does not recognise the BSD drive, and BSD does >>>not recogonise the DOS drive© >>>We need a file manager that will read both drives© >>>Anyone knw of a file manager like this? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >> >>Newbie@XFree86©Org >>*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >>http://XFree86©Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie >> >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ > >Newbie@XFree86©Org >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86©Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
