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Re: [Sheflug] Re: mounting a floppy
On Monday 09 Sep 2002 3:01 pm, you wrote:
> Can you mount the floppy with "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy"? (obviously,
> first check that the directory /mnt/floppy exists: create it if not.)
Yes. If you do not have an entry in /etc/fstab, you need to be root to do it
and you will have to specify a file type - something like:
mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
or
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> If not, is it formatted? (To format it, use "fdformat /dev/fd0H1440")
>
That will work. Once it is fiormatted, you need to create a filesystem on it,
eg.
mkdosfs /dev/fd0H1440
or
mkefs /dev/fd0H1440
Then it will be mountable - most GUI desktops (gnome and KDE for two) have
GUI tools that do all this for you automatically if you prefer. (eg.
"kfloppy" and "gfloppy"
> > Also I've been looking at the man pages........Is there a way to
> > specifically search for a topic?
>
Try "apropos". e.g. "apropos floppy" On my system this produces:
drakfloppy (1) - Front end for creating boot disks
fdformat (8) - Low-level formats a floppy disk
floppyd (1) - floppy daemon for remote access to floppy drive
floppyd_installtest - tests whether floppyd is installed and running
floppyd_installtest (1) - tests whether floppyd is installed and running
gfloppy (1) - a simple floppy formatter for the GNOME
mbadblocks (1) - tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in
the FAT
mformat (1) - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted
floppy disk
mkbootdisk (8) - creates a stand-alone boot floppy for the running
system
mkrescue (8) - make rescue floppy
setfdprm (8) - sets user-provided floppy disk parameters
You can then man each of them in turn for more detail.
Pieter
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