On 15-Mar-98 Vadim Israilevich wrote:
> In Linux, when you remove a floppy and insert a new one, you have to unmount
> the floppy drive (if it was mounted for previous floppy) and re-mount it for
> new one. A pain in the seat, if you ask me, but...
> From: Steven Hanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> If I download files from Windows and put them on a floppy. How can I use
> them in Linux? Appologies for this newbie question but I need to access a
> file on floppy.
You can use the `mtools' package of programs to do this. Simply copy the file
to the floppy in windows, then use 'mdir', 'mcopy', 'mformat' to manipulate
the file in Linux.
No mounting/unmounting necessary.
Dave
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