Re: Major Newb Question

From: marco (marco_at_reimeika.ca)
Date: 01/19/04

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    "ScubaDank" <scubadank@rogers.com> writes:

    > Hey,
    >
    > First time on Linux Red hat 9.0 Created a few files in the editor but for
    > th elif on\f me cannot find how to save that file to a floppy. I searched
    > the help files and looked around the system. I am probably missing it
    > maybe caus eit is named something else. ANYONE? Going to surf for an
    > answer as well.
    >
    > THX ....Yes i feel silly. I will master this too.

    You've heard about mounting and that's a good thing to learn.
    However, I suggest you look into "mtools" which provide DOS-like
    tools so that you can manipulate a FAT-formatted floppy. For
    example:

       mcopy file a:

    will copy "file" to the A: drive (first save your file unto the
    hard drive, of course). Try "man mtools".

    Mounting floppies is rather dangerous as one tends to forget
    to unmount and just pops out the floppy (especially a recent
    Windows newbie). CDs and DVDs don't really have this problem
    since the drive won't eject if it's mounted, but being mechanical
    in nature floppies don't have this safeguard.

    Anyway, just another drop of the vast ocean ahead of you :) 

    --
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