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RE: Linux versus floppy WHOOPS Correction!

• Posted by Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net> Jun 09, 2003
• 449 views

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