1. RE: Linux versus floppy WHOOPS Correction!
- Posted by Bernie Ryan <xotron at bluefrognet.net> Jun 09, 2003
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This is a corrected version: 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 the mountpoint can be any directory; some systems use /floppy; If you don't know what to use you can use mkdir /winfloppy . mount -tvfat -vrw /dev/fd0 /any_mountpoint_point Now type the following command to copy a file to the floppy cp somefile /any_mountpoint_point 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
2. RE: Linux versus floppy WHOOPS Correction!
- Posted by Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net> Jun 09, 2003
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Bernie Ryan wrote: > > > This is a corrected version: > > 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 > the mountpoint can be any directory; some systems use /floppy; If > you don't know what to use you can use mkdir /winfloppy . > > mount -tvfat -vrw /dev/fd0 /any_mountpoint_point > > Now type the following command to copy a file to the floppy > > cp somefile /any_mountpoint_point > > 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 Now it quit working completely. Used to be able to read it, but not write to it. Now can't read, can't write, can't fix, don't have a clue. Jerry Story