The example quoted below appears to skip the "put a filesystem on the floppy" step.
Use 'mkfs', 'newfs' or whatever your OS provides, depending on which
filesystem type (e.g. *nix, DOS etc) you actually want to have on it. And then
you have to mount it.
Or, if simply taking the floppy to another *nix system, skip all the
filesystem steps altogether, and just write a tar/pax/cpio archive directly to
the raw floppy:
cd /var/log ; tar cvf /dev/fd0 XFree86.0.log
and read it off on the other end like so:
cd <somedir_where_you_want_it> ; tar xvf <floppy_device_name>
Note that the above avoids writing tar archives with explicit paths. These can
be problematic to deal with on some older OS's (e.g. ones without a decent
'tar').
HTH.
Regards,
AS
> Put the floppy disk in
>
> Make a directory for it: "mkdir /mnt/floppy" its okay if already exists
>
> Copy file there: "cp /var/log/XFree86.0.log /mnt/floppy"
>
> unmount the drive: "umount /mnt/floppy"
>
> wait for green light to go out on the drive, and eject the floppy.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sunday 19 May 2002 6:46 pm, dmitri kerievsky wrote:
> > how can I copy XF86Free.0.log to floppy - the cp commands seems to work,
> > but the file does not appear when I look at it on another computer.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > Of dmitri kerievsky
> > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 8:46 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [Xpert]ATI Radeon VE ( Dell OEM version )
> >
> >
> > if email is not activated on the pc how can the log file be copied?
> > i had tried to copy the log to a floppy, but the file was not readable
> > on another pc. is there a correct way to copy the log ?
> > thx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > Of hy0
> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:25 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [Xpert]ATI Radeon VE ( Dell OEM version )
> >
> >
> > You can try X -configure after installing X4.2. If it still doesn't work,
> > send your log file.
> >
> > > Thanks for responding. I've gone through the steps of installing the
> > > 4.2 binaries and running the xf86cfg. One issue is that 4.2 source files
> > > may have been installed, and other files installed - which prevents
> > > startx from
> > > working. The configuration program works, but xwindows will not start. Do
> > > you
> > > suggest doing a fresh install of redhat 7.1, then the 4.2 binaries and
> > > xf86cfg ?
> > > or any other suggestions/steps to have this work? The system purchased is
> > > listed
> > > here:
> >
> > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-Details.asp?sku=TS
> >A
> >
> > > -21-10AX
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > > Of hy0
> > > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:26 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [Xpert]ATI Radeon VE ( Dell OEM version )
> > >
> > > > Is the ATI Radeon VE the same as the 7000? I read this somewhere.
> > >
> > > Yes
> > >
> > > > Any idea if 4.2 will work with this?
> > >
> > > Yes
> > >
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