to read a dos formatted floppy try
mounting usin'
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
cd /mnt/floppy
and
ls
i think u should get the contents in ur dos floppy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip S Tellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Floppy Drive access??
> On Thu, 4 May 2000, Akshay Salkar wrote:
>
> > I just put back my floppy disk. It seems to be working fine.But i yet
> > havent got to know how to use it on Linux. Does it read DOS formatted
> > disks. I tried that but it said something of wrong ext2 or something. i
>
> Fix your line length
>
> You need to specify the file system that is on the floppy. For a dos
> floppy, this would be umsdos or vfat.
>
> Do this:
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> Now, you may not always know which floppy you put in, so mount under linux
> gives you one more option:
>
> mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> This is still too much to type though, so we can just enter it into the
> fstab:
>
> edit /etc/fstab
> (change to root first (you do work as a non-root user don't you?))
>
> look for the line that starts with /dev/fd0
>
> In the third column, which says ext2, change it to auto
>
> > am sorry i dont know the exact error. How to format a linux diskette.
>
> man fdformat
>
> > and how is it that linux recognizes a cdrom when mounted.??
>
> cause it's in your fstab. cdroms use an iso9660 file system (not windows
> or unix or mac specific). The reason being that unlike hard disks and
> floppies that have tracks and sectors, a cdrom is just one long track
> spiralling in from the outside in (or maybe the other way round). This is
> also the reason that you've got to burn an entire cd at one go.
>
> Philip
>
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