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

[phrostie <pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx>]

congratulations on getting it going!

On Sunday 18 August 2002 17:39, you wrote:
> Thank you all for the help, I got it to work finally.
> I had to use this command;
>
> mount /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy
>
> Verses this command that some one sent me
>
> mount -t msdos/dev/fd0/mnt/floppy
>
> Once again thank you all for your help
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hareesh Haridas" <Hareesh.Haridas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 4:01 AM
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Saving to a floppy disk
>
> > hi,
> >
> > after you mount, try using this command :=20
> >
> > root@ijiryu /root>>df -h=20
> > this will show you all the mounted systems which will have /dev/fd0 too,
> > if mounted properly.
> >
> > after doing the cp, put a sync too, like:
> >
> > root@ijiryu /root>>sync
> > this will flush the buffer and write the data to the floppy (if it was
> > mounted).
> >
> > now give umount (make sure that you are not in the directory /mnt/floppy
> > while you do this).
> > root@ijiryu /root>>umount /mnt/floppy
> >
> > then again check using df, whether the floppy is still mounted or not.
> >
> > hope this helps.
> > regards,
> > Hareesh.
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> > Included in the command's is the error I am getting.   The Error is in
> > red=20
> >
> >  *******************
> >  root@ijiryu /root>> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
> > =20
> >  root@ijiryu /root>> ls -l quiz.c
> >  -rw-r--r--    1 root     root           19 Aug  3 02:18 quiz.c
> > =20
> >  root@ijiryu /root>> cp quiz.c /mnt/floppy/
> > =20
> >  root@ijiryu /root>> ls -l /mnt/floppy/quiz.c
> >  -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root           19 Aug 18 01:28
> > /mnt/floppy/quiz.c*
> > =20
> >  root@ijiryu /root>> umount /mnt/floppy/
> >
> >         umount: /mnt/floppy/ : not mounted
> > =20
> >  root@ijiryu /root>>
> >
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