On Wed, 03 May 2000, Akshay Salkar wrote:
>I just put back my floppy disk. It seems to be working fine.But i yet havent
>got to know how to use it on Linux. Does it read DOS formatted disks. I tried
use the proper filesystem. for DOS formatted diskettes, use vfat as your fs.
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy (or whatever mount point)
To simplify this stuff, edit your /etc/fstab file and change the filesystem for
/dev/fd0 to auto. (Of course your kernel must have support compiled in for
vfat, cat /proc/filesystems to find out). You will probably have this available
if you are using one of the newer kernels.
>How to format a linux diskette.
man fdformat.
>and how is it that linux recognizes a cdrom when mounted.??
A cdrom also has its own specific filesystem, which is supported by the kernel.
Cd fileststems, AFAIK are iso9660, Joliet (from MS), rockridge (extended
iso9660 for long filename support).
Devdas Bhagat
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