Royce Wise wrote: > 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¤ >> Well failure so far© We were able to create a directory /dos But we haven't gotten the syntax right for the mount command© We read the man pages on mount, but no examples© We have an IDE drive on master one on the controller, a dedicated BSD drive, and a CDrom as the slave, controller 2 has two IDE drives on the master and the slave, both are DOS© Anyone have any examples? Thanks Royce >>> >>> >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
