> I can access my hd easy enough useing, 
>  mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /hd

You can probably leave out the -t parameter:
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mount /dev/hda1 /hd
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> but using the floppy is something else, 

The command is very similar:
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mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
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Or, if you wish to mount it at /fd, you can create the /fd
directory first.

> Is there an easier less type happy way of useing
> the floppy drive? Like typing A:. 

A utility called mtools is available to handle DOS floppies.
For example to see the floppy's directory:  mdir
Or to copy xxx from the current directory to the floppy:
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mcopy xxx a:
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None of the mtools commands require mounting or umounting.  In 
Slackware 3.5, the mtools package is in /slakware/a1/aaa_base.
The mtools executable is 110kb in size.

Cheers,
Steven


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