Actually, when you format a disk in win95 it still makes it a vanilla fat,
so you will be mounting by the following commands, "mkdir /floppy" and
"mount /dev/fd0 /floppy -t msdos". If you want to mount it elsewhere,
make sure you have a directory (doesn't matter what's in it) and then use
"mount /dev/floppy [path-to-mount-directory]". Assuming a smooth mount,
you should see all your files when you check in that directory.
On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Sergey Pak wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, you wrote:
> >i have downloaded the file that you sent to me. i have spent a lot of time on the
>net trying to find the answer to my problems. can you tell me how to format a floppy
>under linux and then how to copy that file from a:\ to c:\?
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> No sweat.
> You want to format the the floppy in Win95/98 (same crap) machine and put the
> file on it. Next, put the floppy into Linux machine and issue the command:
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 'mount-point-directory' (usually i do mount -t vfat
> /dev/fd0 /floppy). If you didn't configure you kernel then msdos, vfat file
> systems support is in the kernel by default so you won't have problems.
> If you do then you will error: "vfat file system is not supported".
> It means you have to configure your kernel (Report this to the inpiron list and
> and you'll get a lot of help. A lot of replies at least).
> Then type "df -k" and you'll see your floppy was mounted and you can work with
> the its files the same way you do in other file systems. You even can run rpm
> directly from the floppy if you're installing some *.rpm file. Regards
> Sergey Pak
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