Greg Hedger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just installed Debian Linux - just the kernal and the core system, no > XWindows, no frills. So where can someone new to Linux (indeed Unix) > find answers to very basic questions like "how do I mount a floppy > drive," "can I read a FAT32 partition," and "why does my boot floppy get > destroyed when I try to alter boot video mode using rdev or vidmode?"
debian-user@lists.debian.org is an appropriate place to ask those questions. The Linux Installation and Getting Started guide is very good: http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/LDP/gs/gs.html To mount a floppy drive: mount /dev/fd0 /floppy (see "man mount" for details) FAT32 support has been included in the Linux kernel for quite a while. You can find this out by reading the kernel sources and documentation, or by reading the change summaries at http://linuxhq.com/ . I'm not sure why your boot floppy is getting destroyed. Cheers, - Jim
