Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:42:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: pirahna@primenet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970303173945.20973C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <331B6598.39B8@primenet.com>
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On Mon, 3 Mar 1997 pirahna@primenet.com wrote: > Ok This is my first UNIX system and although this seems like a > incredibly stupid question. I can not figure out how to get to the > floppy drive so I can copy things to and from it. Please help me if you > are able to Assuming these are DOS formatted floppies and you are running as root, you can use the following commands to access your floppy drive. 1. Mount the disk: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt The disk's filesystem will be available as /mnt being the root of the floppy's filesystem. DO NOT REMOVE THE DISK WITHOUT PERFORMING #2 FIRST. 2. When you're done: make sure your current directory is not on the floppy and type: umount /mnt Now you may remove your floppy. Alternatively, you can use the 'mtools' (?) port or package to access the floppy's filesystem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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