> My Mac _can_ read/write DOS disks, so I thought that might be a way to
> transfer files between machines. But when I try to mount a DOS disk
> using "mount /mnt/floppy" it tells me something about an unknown
> filesystem.
use:
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
or change the default type for /mnt/floppy in /etc/fstab.
you could also use the m... commands. these are the same as under DOS.
try:
mdir a:
mcopy a:* /tmp
mdel a:
>
> Of course I realize that once I get networking functioning I'll be
> okay... :-)
you'll sure be more conformtable to transfert bigger files. (have a look
at split).
you need to read some more man pages and maybe learn how to search for
them:
try:
(as root)
makewhatis
(then, as any user)
apropos msdos
(that gives this answer on my system:)
filesystems (5) - Linux filesystem types: minix, ext, ext2, xia,
msdos, ums
dos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs
mattrib (1) - change MSDOS file attribute flags '" t
mcd (1) - change MSDOS directory '" t
mcopy (1) - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix '" t
mdel (1) - delete an MSDOS file '" t
mdir (1) - display an MSDOS directory '" t
mdu (1) - display the amount of space occupied by an MSDOS
director
y '" t
mformat (1) - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted
floppy d
isk '" t
mlabel (1) - make an MSDOS volume label '" t
mmd (1) - make an MSDOS subdirectory '" t
mmount (1) - mount an MSDOS disk '" t
mmove (1) - move or rename an MSDOS file or subdirectory '" t
mpartition (1) - partition an MSDOS hard disk '" t
mrd (1) - remove an MSDOS subdirectory '" t
mren (1) - rename an existing MSDOS file '" t
mtype (1) - display contents of an MSDOS file '" t
hope this helps,
pascal
