Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 05:06 am, Walther The Writer wrote: > I didn't mount floppy. What I did was cp name_of_the_file.txt /dev/fd0 > sould I mount it first? You can cp a file to /dev/fd0, and it does exactly that. It overlays anything already on the disk, which in your case would be the boot sector, FAT and other parts of the filesystem. Pretty cool, but not what you want. ;-) So at this point you need to re-format the diskette, and then either learn about mtools (recommended) or do something like this: $ mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy $ cp somefile /mnt/floppy $ umount /mnt/floppy Hope this helps. -- Rod http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ > Walther.. > > > >How did you mount the floppy (if at all)? > >How did you copy the file? > > > >Persoanlly, I usually use MTools for stuff like this: > > > > $ mcopy file.txt a: > > > > > >However, it'd be reasonable to do the normal "mount", "cp" and "umount" > >that you'd do with an ext2-formatted floppy. ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
Yes. Or use mcopy. -Mark On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Walther The Writer wrote: > I didn't mount floppy. What I did was cp name_of_the_file.txt /dev/fd0 > sould I mount it first? > > Walther.. > > > >How did you mount the floppy (if at all)? > >How did you copy the file? > > > >Persoanlly, I usually use MTools for stuff like this: > > > > $ mcopy file.txt a: > > > > > >However, it'd be reasonable to do the normal "mount", "cp" and "umount" > >that you'd do with an ext2-formatted floppy. > > > >-bill! > >___ > >vox-tech mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/ PGP key available on the website PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
I didn't mount floppy. What I did was cp name_of_the_file.txt /dev/fd0 sould I mount it first? Walther.. > >How did you mount the floppy (if at all)? >How did you copy the file? > >Persoanlly, I usually use MTools for stuff like this: > > $ mcopy file.txt a: > > >However, it'd be reasonable to do the normal "mount", "cp" and "umount" >that you'd do with an ext2-formatted floppy. > >-bill! >___ >vox-tech mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 04:59:25PM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote: > it's /dev/fd0, not /dev/floppy. It's probably dependent on distro, actually. Sometimes they symlink for 'friendliness,' for example. -bill! ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 04:47 am, Walther The Writer wrote: > Mark, > > That is exactly how it was done, but... You didn't say what method you used to copy. I always use mcopy for this. If you mount and cp and then forget to umount before removing the floppy, bad things will happen. There's also the likely possibility that your diskette went bad. -- Rod http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ > Walther. > > >Format it under Windows, THEN copy a file to it from Linux, then transfer > >the disk back to Windows. > > > >-Mark > > > > > >On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Walther The Writer wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Just copied a text file from my Linux to the floppy. After trying > >> to open the file on my Windows 2000 machine it says that floppy > >> isn't formatted. Previously, I have copied a couple of files in windows > >> and I had no problem to see them in Linux. Any suggestions? ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
it's /dev/fd0, not /dev/floppy. -Mark On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, David Hummel wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 04:43:53PM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote: > > > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Walther The Writer wrote: > > What day is it? > > > > Just copied a text file from my Linux to the floppy. After trying to > > > open the file on my Windows 2000 machine it says that floppy isn't > > > formatted. Previously, I have copied a couple of files in windows > > > and I had no problem to see them in Linux. Any suggestions? > > > > Format it under Windows, THEN copy a file to it from Linux, then > > transfer the disk back to Windows. > > This shouldn't be necessary. Do the following: > > fdformat /dev/floppy > mkdosfs /dev/floppy > > and you should have no problems reading files from the disk in Linux or > Windows (except for the obvious CRLF problem -> dos2unix/unix2dos). > > David Hummel > Genomics & Gene Discovery > WRRC/ARS/USDA > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/ PGP key available on the website PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:47:14AM -0800, Walther The Writer wrote: > Mark, > > That is exactly how it was done, but... How did you mount the floppy (if at all)? How did you copy the file? Persoanlly, I usually use MTools for stuff like this: $ mcopy file.txt a: However, it'd be reasonable to do the normal "mount", "cp" and "umount" that you'd do with an ext2-formatted floppy. -bill! ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 04:43:53PM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Walther The Writer wrote: What day is it? > > Just copied a text file from my Linux to the floppy. After trying to > > open the file on my Windows 2000 machine it says that floppy isn't > > formatted. Previously, I have copied a couple of files in windows > > and I had no problem to see them in Linux. Any suggestions? > > Format it under Windows, THEN copy a file to it from Linux, then > transfer the disk back to Windows. This shouldn't be necessary. Do the following: fdformat /dev/floppy mkdosfs /dev/floppy and you should have no problems reading files from the disk in Linux or Windows (except for the obvious CRLF problem -> dos2unix/unix2dos). David Hummel Genomics & Gene Discovery WRRC/ARS/USDA ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
the zeroth order approximation to "why" is that linux can read floppies formatted under windows, but windows can't read floppies formatted under linux. the first order approximation involves filesystem types. pete On Mon 22 Sep 03, 4:43 PM, Mark K. Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Format it under Windows, THEN copy a file to it from Linux, then transfer > the disk back to Windows. > > -Mark > > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Walther The Writer wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Just copied a text file from my Linux to the floppy. After trying > > to open the file on my Windows 2000 machine it says that floppy > > isn't formatted. Previously, I have copied a couple of files in windows > > and I had no problem to see them in Linux. Any suggestions? > > > > Walther. > > ___ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > -- > Mark K. Kim > http://www.cbreak.org/ > PGP key available on the website > PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
Mark, That is exactly how it was done, but... Walther. >Format it under Windows, THEN copy a file to it from Linux, then transfer >the disk back to Windows. > >-Mark > > >On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Walther The Writer wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Just copied a text file from my Linux to the floppy. After trying >> to open the file on my Windows 2000 machine it says that floppy >> isn't formatted. Previously, I have copied a couple of files in windows >> and I had no problem to see them in Linux. Any suggestions? >> >> Walther. >> ___ >> vox-tech mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >> > >-- >Mark K. Kim >http://www.cbreak.org/ >PGP key available on the website >PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE > >___ >vox-tech mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Formating problem
Format it under Windows, THEN copy a file to it from Linux, then transfer the disk back to Windows. -Mark On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Walther The Writer wrote: > Hi all, > > Just copied a text file from my Linux to the floppy. After trying > to open the file on my Windows 2000 machine it says that floppy > isn't formatted. Previously, I have copied a couple of files in windows > and I had no problem to see them in Linux. Any suggestions? > > Walther. > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/ PGP key available on the website PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] Formating problem
Hi all, Just copied a text file from my Linux to the floppy. After trying to open the file on my Windows 2000 machine it says that floppy isn't formatted. Previously, I have copied a couple of files in windows and I had no problem to see them in Linux. Any suggestions? Walther. ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
