On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, Jennifer Jensen wrote about, Re: Newbie from hell:
> > Access the floppy drive
>
> To access your floppy drive: first, if it's a linux-formatted disk, you'll
> need to be root, and use the command:
>
> mount /mnt/floppy
I dont want to sound like a school master, but that is not true for
everyone, its a system spesific command. That command is only valid if you
have the following entry in /etc/fstab
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos user,noauto 0 0
Note in this case the filesystemtype is msdos it can be any filesystem type.
> From there, you should be able to cd to the /mnt/floppy directory and
> view its contents
>
> If you need to use a Windows-formatted disk, you'll need the mtools package
> installed. It might already be. Try:
>
> mdir a:
Not only windows, all dos oriented types, another thing is you dont need to
define a: in mdir only if you have drive a: and drive b: the mtools
package has a conf file in /etc called mtools.conf if drive b: is defined
for example and you dont have one, you will notice when issuing that
command that you will have a problem, your prompt may not return because
the system is still looking for drive b: when it cant find it, some
machines have problems here, but thats besides the point.
>
> and that should list the contents. :)
>
> > Create Directories on the Hard Drive
>
> just use this command, where *name* is the name of the directory:
>
> mkdir *name*
>
> > Move files from the Floppy Drive to the Hard Drive
>
> if you're moving all files from a linux-formatted disk, you'll do this:
>
> mv * /path/to/desired/directory
Never move (mv) files from a floppy you erase them.
I hope i am not sounding like a sour drink, i thought it beter to speak up
before someone thanked you for telling them to erase there files, even tho'
it looked like he was asking how to do that.
>
> if you're copying them:
>
> cp * /path/to/desired/directory
>
> > I'm sure someone's got to be laughing at me for not having such basic
> > information (It's actually kind of embarrassing...I'm a network engineer
> for
> > a living, and I can't copy a bunch of files from a floppy disk.... *Sigh*)
>
> No, no one's laughing. We've all been there!
>
> from your command line, if you type the word man and then the command you're
> wanting information on, like this:
>
> man mv
>
> as an example, that will tell you information about that mv command. The man
> pages, as they're called, can be very useful, but occasionally overwhelming
> to the uninitiated. I'd recommend some books, too. Books that have helped me
> so far:
>
> RedHat 6 Unleashed (Publisher: Sams)
> Running Linux (Publisher: O'Reilly)
>
> And really, Linux for Dummies wouldn't be a bad place to start, either.
>
> Hope this helps! Feel free to ask questions, but always remember to read and
> experiment on your own, too, because it's a great way to learn!
>
> Good luck,
> Jennifer
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Regards Richard
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