[linux-help] Re: Saving to a floppy disk

[Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>]

the easy solution is to not mount the floppy, but use the mtools
package, which is probably installed by default. 

man mtools  
for more infor, but in a nutshell, to list the contents of the dos
formatted floppy in drive a: 'mdir a:'
to copy files to it 'mcopy foo a:', etc




-----Original Message-----
From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Lowell Premer
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 9:27 AM
To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Saving to a floppy disk



I ididn't know that mount wouldn't put your /dev/fd0 wherever you told
it 
to; I'd never tried to ount the floppy anywhere except /mnt/floppy. Try
your mount command w/ /mnt/floppy as the target directory; your files 
are going there anyway, so it should work...
        THEN, when you're done cp-ing, run your command THIS WAY(!!!!)
                
                umount /dev/fd0
        
        BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT UNMOUNTING THE TARGET DIRECTORY, YOU'RE 
        UNMOUNTING THE DEVICE THAT IS MOUNTED ON THAT DIRECTORY

        (Emphasis not for you, for others)


On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, The PC-Zone wrote:

> 
> I know the files turn show up in the /mnt/floppy Folder, but not on my

> floppy disk.  I am sure I did something wrong, but I have no Idea as 
> to what yet,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Koji Hayakawa" <sylf@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:27 AM
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Saving to a floppy disk
> 
> 
> >
> > Justin was correct with umount /foo.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx 
> > > [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> > > Behalf Of lowell
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:18 AM
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> > > Subject: [linux-help] Re: Saving to a floppy disk
> > >
> > >             Is that "n" an argument or a typo? Otherwise you want 
> > > to umount /dev/fd0, not foo.
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