Similarly, you can also use mtools for MSDOS formatted floppies. You get
almost the same DOS commands: mdir, mcd, mcopy, and the like when dealing
with these floppies. :)
gino ledesma
>> i tried mounting a floppy with this command:
>> $ mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>> but it says
>> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>> i tried mounting the CD-ROM and it works.
>> i tried mount a floppy in a slack ware box and it mounted too.
>> is there something missing in my command line?
>
> Is the floppy an msdos-formatted floppy?
> If it is not formatted or if the diskette is old,
> linux can not auto-detect its fs type. To help when linux
> can not auto-detect the fs type on the floppy,
> you can supply the fs type in the mount command:
>
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> Instead of msdos, you can also use vfat (for long file names),
> or minix (on boot floppies), or ext2 (also for boot
> floppies).
>
> PMana.
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