MOUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION
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SGI IRIX versions 4.0.x and 5
PC/DOS-formatted diskettes can be easily mounted in the SGI environment. For
more information, print out the appropriate man pages on your system.
IRIX version 4.0.x uses the
msdosd
daemon to mount a floppy diskette.
IRIX version 5 uses the
mediad
daemon to mount all types of devices, including
floppy diskettes. Both operating system versions have the utilities
from_dos
and
to_unix
to convert files and add or remove Control-M characters.
To mount a diskette, insert the diskette into the disk drive.

msdosd

The
msdosd
daemon monitors a floppy diskette drive. When a diskette is inserted,
it is mounted appropriately if it is in MS-DOS format. To specify a floppy disk drive,
use the appropriate device special file in /dev/rdsk. High-density diskettes are
mounted by using floppy devices with the
hi
suffix.