Re: mount floppy in fedora

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Markku Kolkka wrote:
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1.    will that mount command work from a "minimal" install of Fedora
 Core 4 (FC4)?

Yes, it should work.

Thanks for both points. I ask because I ran into a problem when running yum to install X Windows with regards to, IIRC, PGP, and being able to mount the floppy would be useful.


Thanks,

Thufir
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