Hi,
Make sure the directory /mnt/floppy exists
then unless you have set it up differently
you have to be root to mount it. Here is
the command I use to mount windows floppies
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
I actually have it in a x file called WinFloppy
that reads as follows
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
echo "floppy is mounted to write as a win floppy system"
echo " as /mnt/floppy"
Also you might want to create a file on /mnt/floppy
when a floppy is not mounted called "No Floppy is mounted" or some such
thing so you will know if
you have an empty floppy mounted or forgot
to mount it! Be sure to unmount it before you
take it out. I don't know if it causes as much trouble
on Linux but my old unix system went loco if you forgot
and it was a pain to fix.
Linda Hanigan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Benoit Cordoba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 3:39 PM
Subject: Install problems!
Hi everyone.
I am brand new to RH and Linux. I just did an install of RH 6.1 on a new
Dell. I have problems with the sound card. I went to the mail server
archives and got some answers. The Montego cards needs the new drivers from
aureal. So I downloaded them using win98. I copied the file (a tar.zip
file) on a floppy and tried to have it read by Linux. No go. I get an
error. I finally found how to format a floppy in Linux thinking it would be
read by Win 98 but no go.
So how do I exchange files between Win and Linux on floppies??!!
I don't have a network access and I am still trying to configure my ppp
connection (modem busy! Any help there would be greatly appreciated).
Also I changed the perms to the /dev/mixer (as root) but when I log back-in
as root or another user the perms are gone! Hugh?! Can anyone explain
that to me.
Thanks for any and all help.
Benoit Cordoba
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