Mike Lucius wrote: >Just loaded Linux for the 1st time. I would like to know how to create >an msdos file system. I think I need other files installed on my system >but have not been able to figure out what or how.
You can't _create_ an MSDOS file system in Linux, but you can mount an existing one. You should only create a partition using the operating system to which it belongs. The syntax for the command, which must be executed by the superuser (root) is: mount -t msdos device mount_point where device specifies the disk and partition and mount_point is a directory where the partition will be mounted. For example, I create a directory called /dosc and run mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /dosc which mounts the first primary partition of my first (master) IDE disk under the /dosc directory. (There is already a DOS partition there, of course.) I can then type `ls /dosc/windows' or whatever. Use `man mount' to see further information. You can also access a DOS floppy disk directly with the commands from the mtools package. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
