Not really a pain if you say edit .bashrc and add (you can just add this
to /etc/bashrc if you want it to be a system wide user setting).
alias mflop='mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy'
alias uflop='umount /dev/fd0'
then to change to that dir quikly
alias a:='cd /mnt/floppy'
Dan
At 05:53 PM 3/14/98 -0800, Vadim Israilevich wrote:
>In Linux, when you remove a floppy and insert a new one, you have to unmount
>the floppy drive (if it was mounted for previous floppy) and re-mount it for
>new one. A pain in the seat, if you ask me, but...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven Hanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 4:11 PM
>Subject: How do I transfer a file from an IBM formatted floppy to a linux
>partition?
>
>
>If I download files from Windows and put them on a floppy. How can I use
>them in Linux? Appologies for this newbie question but I need to access a
>file on floppy.
>
>Thank You
>
>Steve
>
>
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