Re: Copying to a floppy; www connection

1999-10-10 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
using pon dyer wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > Silly-Newbie questions: > > 1. How do I read what is in a floppy - Cdrom? I have tried "ls -F > > /dev/fd0" but shows nothing? > > You must first mount the device--either floppy or cdrom. read the mount man > pages. > Man pages are our frien

Re: Copying to a floppy; www connection

1999-10-10 Thread Greg Wooledge
Antonio Rodriguez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 1. How do I read what is in a floppy - Cdrom? I have tried "ls -F > /dev/fd0" but shows nothing? Two ways: either mount the floppy, or use mtools. Mtools is easier -- just use "mdir a:", and so on. > 2. How do I copy a file to a floppy? With mtool

Re: Copying to a floppy; www connection

1999-10-10 Thread dyer
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Silly-Newbie questions: > 1. How do I read what is in a floppy - Cdrom? I have tried "ls -F > /dev/fd0" but shows nothing? You must first mount the device--either floppy or cdrom. read the mount man pages. Man pages are our friend. > > 2. How do I copy a file to a flo

Re: Copying to a floppy; www connection

1999-10-10 Thread John Carline
John Carline wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > Silly-Newbie questions: > > 1. How do I read what is in a floppy - Cdrom? I have tried "ls -F > > /dev/fd0" but shows nothing? > > You must first mount the floppy or CDROM as a directory, then just treat it > as part > of your file system. > >

Re: Copying to a floppy; www connection

1999-10-10 Thread John Carline
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Silly-Newbie questions: > 1. How do I read what is in a floppy - Cdrom? I have tried "ls -F > /dev/fd0" but shows nothing? You must first mount the floppy or CDROM as a directory, then just treat it as part of your file system. example: "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt"

Copying to a floppy; www connection

1999-10-10 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Silly-Newbie questions: 1. How do I read what is in a floppy - Cdrom? I have tried "ls -F /dev/fd0" but shows nothing? 2. How do I copy a file to a floppy? 3. Follow-up with previous questions regarding www connection: After reviewing my ppp.log I discovered that some times the connection reaches t