[aclug-L] Re: accessing the floppy drive from linux

["Maverick, Ven-Han Ieong" <vhieong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you just put one line on the /etc/fstab
like
/dev/fd0           /mnt/floppy             ext2    noauto          0 0

if you type dmesg on the command, it should show a line that..
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M

if you want to access the drive a:, you can mount it like
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy (if you don't have the /mnt/floppy, just mkdir
it).
when you done , just umount /dev/fd0

If you just want to access to a Dos disk in Unix,
mtools, should help, do a man on it, it should support like...
Supported commands:
mattrib, mbadblocks, mcd, mcopy, mdel, mdeltree, mdir, mformat,
minfo, mlabel, mmd, mmount, mpartition, mrd, mread, mmove
mren, mtoolstest, mtype, mwrite, mzip.

I hope it help. =) Have a nice day,
                                        Mav



On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, kai & steven Hallacy wrote:

->Oh Oh.  Guess what.  I don't have an entry for my floopy drive in /etc/fstab.
->
->I have the following in /etc/fstab:
->
->dev/hda3
->dev/hda4
->proc
->
->What should I do?
->
->Thanks,
->
->Steven Hallacy
->
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->-----Original Message-----
->From: phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
->To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
->Date: Saturday, October 23, 1999 10:06 PM
->Subject: [aclug-L] Re: accessing the floppy drive from linux
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->if your floppy has an entry in /etc/fstab the all you need to do
->is type mount /dev/fd0 then go to the mount point.
->normally the mount point is /mnt/floppy or something like that.
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->startx starts X
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->they are editors, they come with most distributions.
->there are other editors, i use vi.
->choice of editors is one of those flame wars things.
->just find something your comfortable with.
->
->kai & steven Hallacy wrote:
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->> HELP!
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->> How do I access the floppy drive (A:) from linux?  Also, I forgot what 
command to type to get into x-windows.
->>
->> Is pico or emac a part of Linux?
->>
->> Steven Hallacy
->
->--
->phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
->Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
->and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
->http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy
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