copy on dos floppy?

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. IP Networking

Need to copy file from Linux to DOS.

I have two PCs with Ubuntu 10.4 and DOS 5.0, which are connected with a 9 pins serial cable. I need to copy some files from the Linux box to the DOS box. I tried UUCP but it's too difficult and i didn't found a working client for DOS. Can you help me? Thanks for any reply!

2. Linux

dos-path / un-dos-path compatibility with cygwin

Hello ; I have a problem running some script on dos . when i run : C: ls /temp ls: cannot access /temp: No such file or directory but when i run C: ls \temp windriver backup remotebackup also when i run C: ls temp windriver backup remotebackup The...

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

regarding floppy

Regarding floppy drive .. I need a command or a method by which i can detect a floppy drive is present or not ? Thanks, Priya.

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

how to copy file in cd or floppy disk

i am novice in unix. in me office my boss hav given me a system with Unix OS. i know about windows and Dos. in dos we access cd or floppy through writing following commands a: or d: copy filename.ext to a: i dont even now how to access CD Rom or floppy drive in unix. please tell...

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Unix to a floppy

If I need to copy files in Unix to a floppydisk so that the disk is compatible with extended FAT16 and can be read by Windows XP-Do I mount the floppy disk to use ufs?

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Copy files from CDROM to DOS Directory

Hi Everyone, :) Could someone PLEASE tell me how to copy some DOS files from a CDROM to a DOS readable directory in UNIX. I imagine that sounds strange, but that's what I need to do. I am somewhat familiar with... Inserting the CDROM mount /mnt/cdrom ls /mnt/cdrom eject /mnt/cdrom...

7. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers

I cant access the floppy

I have two Digital boxs... vintage mid90's OS DEC Unix... I need to write an ASCII file to the floppy drive for transfer to a Windows box. The boxes are isolated. No email, no internet, no network... except between each other. A primary and a backup. I examined /dev and found two...

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

floppy

i manage to screw up alittle i entered in /etc/fstab mount /dev/fd0 msdos /mnt/floppy 2 2 or something and now when i boot i get an error like this The following file systems had an unexpected inconsistency: msdos: /dev/fd0 (/mnt/floppy) Unknown error; Help! init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc...

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Floppy mounting

How can i mount a floppy drive manually ? ( when i run #volcheck and then run #df -lk , my floppy hasn't been mounted ,however my vold daemon is up ) under /dev there is some links related to my floppy (fd0 ,...)but actually which one of them should be used? Rgrds nikk:confused:

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to copy unix file to floppy

my unix box doesn't seem to recognize the floppy drive. I tried these different commands: cat file1.txt > a:file1.txt result: file got copied to hd cat file1.txt > a:\file1.txt result: file got copied to hd mount -t vfat /mnt/floppy result: illegal option --t my unix is SCO UNIX System...

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users