I think you can access that kind of disc if you mount it ext2, unless you have tried that already, mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Should get you into the boot floppy's filesystem. But I don't remember where you should dump the patch file. On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Tim Walker mewed: > guys and gals, > my problem is that my usb mouse was detected as a ps/2 mouse on > installation, so i have no mouse in linux. downloaded the patch from > mandrake, saved it as 'patch.pl' in a temp dir under win98. the > instructions for patching say > > "save this file to your boot floppy making sure to keep the name > "patch.pl". Then, during installation, boot from the disk as normal but > type "linux patch" at boot prompt." > > but i cannot access the boot disk i made for installation through either > win98 or linux. i made the boot disk by using 'rawwritewin' from the > dosutils dir of the mandrake 7.0-2 cd, and selecting 'cdrom.img' as the > image. > > in win98 it tells me the floppy isn't formatted. in linux when i attempt > to 'cd /mnt/floppy' or cp to it, it gives me an input/output error. > > my linux /etc/fstab file is as follows: > /dev/hda1 /mnt/DOS_hda1 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0 > /dev/hda6 /mnt/DOS_hda6 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0 > /dev/hda7 /mnt/DOS_hda7 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0 > /dev/hda8 /mnt/DOS_hda8 vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0 > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > /dev/hda9 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > > i have been able to access other floppies through /mnt/floppy, just not > the boot disk. > > ideas? > > cheers, > > tim -- My new linux web server with Apache http://kittypuss.dnydns.org Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
