On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 09:19, John Lowell wrote:
Just so you have this chapter and verse here are the command line steps I took
linux:~ # cp /home/jlowell/Mail/inbox/cur/* /media/floppy
This command should get your files copied onto the floppy of the floppy is mounted.
linux:~ # cp /media/floppy/* /dev/fd0 cp: copying multiple files but last argument '/dev/fd0' is not a directory.
This error is correct, as /dev/fd0 is not a deirectory, it is a device. When you mount the floppy, the kernel associate the device /dev/fd0 with the directory /media/floppy. When any operations are done on /media/floppy, the kernel will apply the operations on the device. You never have to copy to the device.
The commands were carried out with the floppy unmounted.
You have to mount it first.
Do I have to create a directory on the floppy so that it can be written to? I'm baffled.
No, you should not have to create a directory on the floppy. The procedure to copy to ot from a floppy: 1) Place diskette in drive 2) mount the device: normally this command should do it: mount /media/floppy 3) copy to or from the mount directory (/media/floppy) like it is a normal directory. 4) unmount the device: umount /media/floppy 5) wait for the drive light to go off or stop flashing, then remove the diskette. HTH
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