[comp.unix.i386] Mounting DOS partiton under AT&T UNIX 3.2 w/o VP/ix

jcmiller@hydra.unm.edu (Jeff Miller) (07/10/90)

I need to be able to read and write to my DOS partition under UNIX
but I do not have VP/ix. I read an article that said the DOS 
partiton is mountable with or with out VP/ix with the following
command:

                   mount -f DOS /dev/dsk/0p0 /dos

where /dos is a subdirectory. When I enter this command I get the
error that <DOS> is not a valid fs. 

Is it possible to mount a DOS partition with AT&T UNIX 3.2 w/o
VP/ix? If so how?

Thanks, Jeff

gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston) (07/12/90)

In article <533@dptechno.UUCP> dave@dptechno.UUCP (Dave Lee) writes:
>I have found by expermentation (and by a reference to DOS 3.2 compatibility)
>that if I make the dos partition less then 32M, AND I use the UNIX
>/etc/fdisk command to delete, then re-make the dos partition, then 
>I can mount the dos fs.  I am using ISC 2.0.2 .

WARNING!! Always use the fdisk command supplied with your version of
*inx when changing the active partition. Using the {PC MS}-DOS fdisk
can kill your *inx partition... 

One of my co-workers lost one, and then found the comment in the
documentation about not doing that.... I'm not certain of the exact
proceedures, since I just swap hard drives when I need DOS.

-- 
    Gary Heston     { uunet!sci34hub!gary  }    System Mismanager
   SCI Technology, Inc.  OEM Products Department  (i.e., computers)
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