* shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020405 10:38]: > G'day, > I have just installed Debian on an old IBM 486SL so that I can learn > GNU/Linux for my university subject.
Congratulations. You won't regret it. > I have installed the OP successfully using just the A drive though now > that I am up and running, I can't access the A drive. (my only source > of communication with the outside world, on that computer...) > > I believe I need to "mount" the floppy. You're perfectly right. To mount the floppy, use mount /floppy Afterwards you will find the content of the floppy in the /floppy directory, try ls /foppy Before you remove the floppy, be shure to run umount /floppy (it's really 'umount' and not 'unmount', although I heard the missing 'n' is one of the points the inventors of unix are really sad about :-)) Alternative way: If you have the package 'mtools' installed, you can use mdir a: For further help on this, run man mtools Last word: If you're serious about Linux, try to get at least one good book. As I'm german, I can't say which english books are good, although I heard much nice things about the O'Reilley ones. Have fun, Karsten -- Karsten Heymann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CAU-University Kiel, Germany Registered Linux User #221014 (http://counter.li.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
