ktb wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > How do I access my floppy drive from command line? > > You can do so with the following command, > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > > that is if you have a /floppy directory which I think is created by > default so you probably do and the file system you are trying to access > is 'msdos'. If it is a linux file system use 'ext2'. /dev/fd0 I assume > is where your floppy drive is located. After you use the command above > you need to 'cd' to the /floppy directory and use ls -alF or whatever to > look at what is on your floppy. To get out 'cd' back to the directory > you started in and use the same line as you mounted with but use the > 'umount' command. See 'man mount' for more details and look at 'man >
I believe the simpler "umount /floppy" will suffice instead of the entire command. > fstab' for a more convenient way of mounting file systems. autofs is a package that will automount file systems as they're needed. I've played with it a little, but not enough to really know how well it works. But it might be worth looking into if you use floppies/CDs/etc a lot. > > hth, > kent > > > > > Donivan Roby > >
