Re: [aclug-L] Floppy

[John Phillips <jphillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Use the command:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt

and then the msdos floppy directory can be listed with:
ls /mnt

if your screen scambles because of some 8 bit chars in msdos directories
use this command to make the screen readable again:
reset
  
you can copy files to and from the floppy 

be sure and umount the floppy BEFORE you remove it from the drive with:
umount /mnt
or the directory on the next floppy will get ruined !


On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Wayne White wrote:

> I attempted to copy a file to a floppy this evening.
> The drive would not mount with a disk formatted in DOS.
> I could mount it with my start-up disk in it. I did 
> not want to copy the file to my start-up disk. Is there
> a Linux equivelant to formatting a disk so that fd0
> will mount with it in it? I even attempted to mount
> it with a blank, unformatted, disk and was unable to
> do so. I realize this is totally newbie territory,
> but I just can't figure it out with the resources at
> my disposal. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wayne
> 
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