Re: Mounting a floppy



The carbonbased lifeform PaulRS inspired alt.os.linux.suse with:
I know this is probably BASIC, but I can't get it to work.

I want to be able to mount a floppy disk as myself (user) not root. I

If the floppy has a FAT fs then you can also use mtools, no need to
mount.

URL : http://mtools.linux.lu/
Summary : Access Files on an MS-DOS File System
Description :
Mtools allows uncomplicated access to an MS-DOS file system on disk
without mounting it. It includes commands for working with MS-DOS
files: mdir, mcd, mcopy, and mformat

Theo
--
theo at van-werkhoven.nl ICQ:277217131 SuSE Linux
linuxcounter.org: 99872 Jabber:muadib at jabber.xs4all.nl AMD XP3000+ 1024MB
"ik _heb_ niets tegen Microsoft, ik heb iets tegen
de uitwassen *van* Microsoft"
.



Relevant Pages

  • Re: DOS app very slow on VPC7 4 Mac
    ... My Win '98 is on a 'product recovery CD' for the IBM ... Using your VPC7 Win98 container I was able to mount the Cd ... >Is the floppy disk image you refer to above the win98emergency boot ... Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP ...
    (microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc)
  • mount / umount
    ... PLUS, if I try to mount the floppy disk by an user and not as root, I get thie ... devfs rule add path "fd0*" group wheel mode 666 ... naturally the user that I use to mount the floppy is in the group wheel. ...
    (freebsd-current)
  • Cant mount a floppy disk
    ... can't get them to mount. ... going to Storage Media and clicking on the floppy disk ... Then I created a desktop link to the floppy device. ...
    (Fedora)
  • FC3 newbie
    ... I have a 256MB Cruzer "memory stick"; which works well with Windoze. ... explains what I need to do to mount this "disk" on my FC3 system. ... a regular 1.4MB floppy disk. ...
    (comp.os.linux.setup)
  • Re: network problem
    ... it'll be at end of service life -- ... I still haven't been able to figure out how to mount and read a floppy disk on Solaris 10. ... Fortunately I still have systems running S8 and S9 that can mount and read the disk with the greatest of ease. ...
    (comp.unix.solaris)