From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 29 02:16:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA07945 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 02:16:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA07932 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 02:16:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id SAA02552; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 18:46:06 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980629184606.G1880@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 18:46:06 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Alberto Pandolfo , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Copying file to floppy! References: <417C2EBF36C3D111B62D00805F89826305DD@IPMCWNT002> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <417C2EBF36C3D111B62D00805F89826305DD@IPMCWNT002>; from Alberto Pandolfo on Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 04:40:50PM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 26 June 1998 at 16:40:50 +0100, Alberto Pandolfo wrote: > > Once a dos floppy has been mounted, > > # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > > how can I read its contents and then copy some files into it? > Do I need afterwards to unmount the floppy? > > I'm not a unix expert I need just a small help. Don't use mount, use mtools. They're like DOS commands with an m in front of them. For example, to copy file foo.bar to /dev/rfd0 (the "A:" drive), enter mcopy foo.bar a: You don't need mount or umount. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message