1. RE: Linux versus floppy
Jerry:
Maybe your writing to floppy with the wrong device
driver or not using vfat format. /dev/fd0
Bernie
2. RE: Linux versus floppy
Bernie Ryan wrote:
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>
> Jerry:
>
> Maybe your writing to floppy with the wrong device
> driver or not using vfat format. /dev/fd0
>
> Bernie
At the risk of asking a stupid question, how can I find out and how can
I fix it? And what's "vfat format"?
Jerry Story
3. RE: Linux versus floppy
If you are using the command line then:
remove any floppy that is in the drive after you type in this
this un mount command make sure you type "umount" .
umount /dev/fd0
place the window floppy in the drive and mount the floppy
using this command this will use the correct driver the
vfat is a windows floppy type for read and write v is verbose mode .
mount -tvfat -vrw /dev/fd0
Now type the following command to copy a file to the floppy
cp somefile /dev/fd0
The information for mounting the default devices on your system are kept
in /etc/fstab file.
You can get information about the mount, umount or any command
or configuration file information by typing the following
manual command if the file scrolls off the screen | more .
man fstab | more
If you want to work on the command line its easier to use
midnight commander which is called mc I don't know if was shipped
on your CD but you can download it from the Web just find a version
for your system in RPM format and it will be easy to install.
Hope this helps.
Bernie
4. RE: Linux versus floppy
Jerry:
If you did not change anything in the config files you should be able to
be reboot and go back to being able to read the floppy.
Have you tried using the KDE or Gnome to use the floppy.
I think Irv uses the same OS that you have, and he maybe able
to help you. I don't have any system running Linux at the
present time so I'am having a hard time trying to remember what
could be your problem. I use RedHat and am not completely
familar with your OS configuration. I can't believe that there
hasn't been anyone else responding to your posts. Where are
all the experts when you need them.
Bernie
5. RE: Linux versus floppy
irvm at ellijay.com wrote:
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> On Monday 09 June 2003 02:28 pm, you wrote:
> Jerry Story wrote:
[...]
> > I added:
> >
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto users
> >
> > Is this correct?
>
> Yes, but you need to remove the other reference to /mnt/floppy
> I don't exactly know what supermount is supposed to do, but I
> can tell you that it doesn't work for me.
>
> Regards,
> Irv
Now I have two desktop icons for floppy: the original and the one I
made.
When I click on the original, it brings up Konqueror for floppy but
doesn't show what is on the floppy, and I know the floppy has stuff on
it, and it's not write-protected.
When I click on the new icon, it doesn't do anything except it gives a
message complaining about no filesystem type specified.
I think I may have destroyed /dev/fd0. It's still there but it is empty.
Jerry Story
