You probably want to take a look at the *DOS to Linux HOWTO* It has all kinds of info for DOS converts.
How to mount a floppy drive?
To mount a floppy you can type: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt mount: the command to mount filesystems -t: filesystem type, here it's ext2 /dev/fd0: the device to mount, here the first floppy /mnt: the mount point (directory where you can cd to) You and put this info in your /etc/fstab file to make mounting easier. For the above, it would look like this: /dev/fd0 /mnt ext2 noauto,user 0 0
How to format a floppy?
To get a floppy ready to copy files take a bit more work on the part of the user, type: fdformat /dev/fd0h1440 mkfs -t ext2 -c /dev/fd0h1440
How to copy a file to a floppy?
To copy a file to the floppy you must have write permission to the floppy and it must be mounted, after that simple type cp filename /mnt
I have looked through S.u.S.E.'s Linux manual and Sam's Unix System V Primer and can't find answeres to the above. Any clues as to doing these functions? Seems like basic basic stuff. I need to transfer (sneeker network) files from a Linux machine at work and another at home.
Mitch Appleby
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