On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Casey Bralla wrote:
> What command do I need to mount a floppy & use the ext2 file format.
> (I'd use msdos format, but I want to be able to save with long file
> names).
>
> TIA
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Casey,
Do you currently have a floppy with an ext2 filesystem on it? If not, then
you'll need to format (man mke2fs) one (as root) as follows:
1 - put a floppy disk in the drive.
2 - enter the following command: mke2fs -m0 /dev/fd0
Now, mount (man mount) the floppy disk with the following command (as root):
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
I'll assume that you know to umount (as root) the floppy when you're done with
it before removing it from the drive.
I'll leave it to you to research how to modify /etc/fstab if you want to do
that in the future.
P.S. If you want long file names, use vfat not msdos.
Until next time... Ben
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