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Re: sorry, my fault


Stefano Lodi wrote:
> 
> [...]
>
> I am about to try it on my 95 at home--BTW is it only tape support that
> doesn't work on 95 or the whole raw device support (also floppies)?.

As described in the cv_cygwin1.dll.README, raw device support
on W95 is restricted to raw partitions. So, 

	mount -b //./a: /dev/fd0

or e.g.

	mount -b //./e: /dev/zip

both work. 

NT also has the ability, to address a complete disk
device as one single raw device, regardless of the count of
partitions on it. This is addresses by e.g.:

	mount -b //./physicaldrive0 /dev/hda

or else. This isn't possible on W9X.

Regards,
Corinna


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