DOCUMENT ID: 0915-02

SYNOPSIS:    How to mount a DOS partition under Solaris X86 2.x

OS RELEASE:  2.x

PRODUCT:     Solaris x86

KEYWORDS:    Mounting dos partition solaris x86 root su mount


DESCRIPTION:

Mounting a DOS partition is a root function.  su to root or login as
root.  Use the command:

# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c0t0d0p0:c /mnt


SOLUTION:

mount with the -F option states what type of file system you are
attempting to mount.  pcfs is the file system type, but there are other
types of file systems, such as ufs and hsfs. 

 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0p0:c

This is the device name.

c0 (controller 0 meaning primary controller).  Note: If you have more
then one controller in your system, whether they are mixed or not (i.e. 
IDE, SCSI), the naming device will follow the numeric order of c0, c1,
c2, etc. 

t0 (target ID, meaning SCSI target ID).  This is a naming device of the
devices SCSI target.  The SCSI target is 0-6. 

d0 (disk 0 meaning primary disk).  If the system in question had more
then 1 disk this would be d1. 

p0 (partition 0 meaning the entire disk)

:c (DOS naming device for hard disk; i.e. c:, d:)

 /mnt (mount point) The mount point can be any mount point that you
create.  In this case this is the default mount point that a standard
Solaris system creates upon installation of the OS.  Any other mount
point can be created by using the "mkdir command to create a mount point
directory. 

Example:

 # mkdir /pcfs

After using this command to mount your DOS partition, you will need to
cd to that mount point in order to view DOS files. 

Example:

 # cd /pcfs
 # ls -al
 # DOS directory is displayed.


DATE APPROVED: 09/28/95