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Old 02-20-2003
linux, copy a:\file to /tmp in linux?
hi, i am on linux 8. i wanted to copy a file from my a:\filename to my linux 8 /tmp directroy. how do i do this or any directions as in how to accompilsh. thanks
yls177
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Old 02-20-2003
Re: linux, copy a:\file to /tmp in linux?
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Originally posted by yls177
hi, i am on linux 8. i wanted to copy a file from my a:\filename to my linux 8 /tmp directroy. how do i do this or any directions as in how to accompilsh. thanks
You need to mount the floppy drive to do this.

Place floppy in the drive and issue the command:

mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

Where /mnt/floppy is a pre-existing sub-dir. You don't have to use /mnt/floppy, it can be any sub-dir.

Once you have done this, you can use cp like you normally would, ala:

Code:
cp /mnt/floppy/myFile /tmp

Once you are done, unmount the floppy with umount /dev/fd0 and you should be good to go.
# 3  
Old 02-22-2003
See if you have mtools installed. This will allow you to use a command like:

doscp a:/text.file /home/mydir
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Old 02-23-2003
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

hi i issued the above and the floppy is mounted. however, i cant do any ls or cp. BUT, i did a simple mount /dev/fd0 /floppy and it works... the option -t <filesystem> is for more precise, advanced control.. i guess Smilie

on my redhat 8.0, i did a mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom to mount my cd...
yls177
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Old 02-26-2003
Weird. It was a MS-DOS formatted floppy, right?

Oh well. If the Linux mount is smart enough to identify the filesystem automagically then that oughta be good enough. Smilie
# 6  
Old 02-26-2003
By Linux 8, I assume you mean Redhat 8.
On my Redhat 7.3 box, I have the following line in my /etc/fstab:
Quote:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
So, as root, I can "mount /dev/fd0"... This is default on all Redhat boxes I've ever seen...
# 7  
Old 03-09-2003
you can use Mtools

mcopy a:\file /tmp

but you might have to
mcopy a:file /tmp

because the \ might f it up
 
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