Msdos hidden files viewable from linux?

[tom at lindy.ci.net (Tom Luongo)]

> Is there a way to get the hidden files on an msdos partition viewable?
> the files are on a large hard drive;
> I looked at mtools but it cautions about using it on hard drives, and
> it didnt seem to be what I wanted.

Doesn't "mount /dev/xxx -t msdos /mnt" work where xxx is the correct
device name for the partition?

Tom