as a module and I trie to read a diskette with an MS-DOS filesystem, that doesn't work, so there is not allways a mechanism that the kernel automagically loads the necessary modules. (Or is there something essential that I don't understand here?)
You have to tell the OS what type of file system to expect when it gets to the disk: mount -t vfat /dev/floppy /floppy for example; this tells the file system to expect (-t means "type") an msdos floppy, with a file system (vfat) that supports long filenames. For normal (8.3) type dos files, replace "vfat" with "msdos". The other option is to install mtools. This will allow you to use your normal dos commands, with the addition of an "m" in front. For example, to copy the contents of an msdos floppy to my home directory, I would use mcopy a: /home/igor If you wanted to format a floppy with msdos file-type, then type mformat a: Hope this helps. -- Regards Don Hansford ECKYTECH COMPUTING Surfing the Net (without crashing) With SuSE 6.4 Linux (Thanx Linus!) "Microsoft democratised the computer market and served as a catalyst in making computers available to everybody. Later, however, they did as many revolutionaries do -- they became dictators. History has taught us the inevitable fate of dictators." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/