Hi, Sometime ago a member had some problems with formatting - msdos - ext2 - mounting and copying files on a floppy. After some tests the following... IF you will use the floppy only on LINUX then there is a advantage using EXT2 over msdos - LONG file names is available. Try the following..if using mdk9.1.. Put floppy in drive #su #umount /mnt/floppy (to make sure it is not mounted) #mke2fs /dev/fd0 #mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy IF all OK then.. #ls /mnt/floppy lost+found directory should show. #cp xxx??? /mnt/floppy/ (xxxx??? - your files) #ls /mnt/floppy Your files should show. IF all OK then.. #umount /mnt/floppy - this will force linux to write buffers to disk (IMPORTEND).
**********If still problem then try GUI like this... I also had problems with fdformat to make msdos - it refused to mount. On the following it worked every time. Mdk9.1> #su #umount /mnt/floppy (to make sure it is not mounted) start -> Configurations -> Hardware > KFloppy (this one is like format in windows - can do DOS or EXT2 - I like it - it worked every time on both OS formats). Mount and the rest as above. Enjoy Johan May this be a good day for learning
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