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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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 Replies)
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2. HP-UX
Hello Everyone,
Has anyboby ever come across the problem when fd refuses to get initialised. I try to use mediainit command, the fd is being accessed (the fd's LIT is green for some secs) but then I get the message - "Initialize media command failed - permission denied" I checked the diskette,... (1 Reply)
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3. Solaris
I have inserted a diskette but I don't see the files nor the floppy drive.
These are the commands I ran.
#volcheck -v
#rmformat
With rmformat, only the CD-ROM is listed. I don't see any floppy drive.
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4. AIX
Hi there,
I never touch a AIX because i'm used to work on FreeBSD.
I'll have to copy some file from a floppy to an AIX.
Just to be sure is the mount command the same ?
I mean a simple
mount /dev/fd0 /floppy should work ?
Thanks :) (1 Reply)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do I save a file to a floppy. I mounted the drive and it is there. Everytime I try to save to the floppy, it tells me the resource is busy. Please advise.
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi,
i have knoppix installed on my harddrive and on my other windows pc, i downloaded a driver for my wireless network card linksys WPC11 v3.
so i dl the driver and put it to floppy, then transfer the floppy disc to my toshiba laptop with knoppix on it. the floppy mnt on the desktop will not... (3 Replies)
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7. BSD
My FreeBSD install at ad0s1, and Windows 2000 at ad2s1.
Everytime I start my FreeBSD, it shows me this message:
fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
pmtimer 0 on isa0
fdc0: cannot reserve I/O port range (6 ports)
My Floppy drive info:
0x03F2 - 0x03F3
0x03F4 - 0x03F5
0x03F7 - 0x03F7... (6 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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... (3 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
how do i copy a file from solaris to a floppy drive. today is my first day using solaris (3 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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: (2 Replies)
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