The simplest option (though not most convenient) would be to
	use 'tar' to the raw disk partition (possibly with the -z
	option to compress the files).

	Otherwise it might be possible to modify the BSD disklabel to
	contain an appropriate DOS partition.

		David/absolute

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On Sun, 31 May 1998, Andrew McMurry wrote:

> 
> Is it possible to mount a partition on a Zip disc with a DOS partition
> format? I wish to be able to transfer files between my RiscPC and a
> Linux/i386 computer. The disc currently has a ext2 partition created
> on the Linux machine, with a DOS partition table. Before this it had
> an ffs partition and a BSD partition table. NetBSD only sees the old
> BSD bootblock, which appears to be still there.
> 
> The arm32/arm32/disksubr.c file does not appear to have any support for
> DOS partition tables, despite the comments in the file. I seem to
> remember a mention of this on the mailing list before, and had thought
> that the latest kernels would support DOS partition tables.
> 
> 	Andrew
>