In message <OE19LqN33HFnwpGR88100000ddb@hotmail.com>, "Amit Kulkarni" writes:
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>Hi,
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>This is my little problem that I can't seem to figure it out. Hope =
>somebody helps point out what=20
>it is that I am doing wrong. ( I am a complete UNIX newbie )
>
>I used Partition Magic to create a FAT32 partition, then FTP'd the whole =
>NetBSD 1.5.1 onto a=20
>c:/i386/binary/sets which is a NTFS (I don't know if it's NTFS4 or =
>NTFS5) I have a Win2000 SP2
>
>When I booted off a 2 Floppy system, converted the FAT32 partition to =
>the default used by NetBSD
>and now when I am trying to access the distribution sets on the original =
>C: I am stuck.
>The rest of the install process goes off fine.
>
>Is there any way I can access those files ? Or I have to format my hard =
>drive and start over again ?
>( I have lots of MP3's so I am hesitating to take this step )
>

My understanding is that NetBSD doesn't understand win2k's NTFS.  You 
may have to do a network install, rather than a local disk install.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb