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This morning, I wanted to copy a file from an msdos floppy to a hdd but
found that under my present linux setup, I can't.  The problem is it
wants floppies to be ext2.  I considered changing the fstab entry for the
floppy (/dev/fp0) to filesystem msdos but balked in the end thinking that
Linux wanted it to be ext2 for purposes of being able to boot from a
floppy - but I am not certain as to the truth of this hypothesis.

Can I place two entries in fstab for my floppy?  Identical except for the
filesystem type so that I have to select what filesystem Linux should
expect when mounting a floppy?  Or is it safe and perfectly OK for me to
change the single fstab floppy entry to be msdos filesystem instead of ext2?

Is there a means to allow either/or ext2 and msdos?

patrick

Quote:} This morning, I wanted to copy a file from an msdos floppy to a hdd but
} found that under my present linux setup, I can't.  The problem is it
} wants floppies to be ext2.  I considered changing the fstab entry for the
} floppy (/dev/fp0) to filesystem msdos but balked in the end thinking that
} Linux wanted it to be ext2 for purposes of being able to boot from a
} floppy - but I am not certain as to the truth of this hypothesis.
} Can I place two entries in fstab for my floppy?  Identical except for the
} filesystem type so that I have to select what filesystem Linux should
} expect when mounting a floppy?  Or is it safe and perfectly OK for me to
} change the single fstab floppy entry to be msdos filesystem instead of ext2?

/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             ext2    noauto,user     0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/a:                 msdos   noauto,user     0 0

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On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 10:31:05 -0600, Patrick

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

Check out the 'mount' man page.
Regards,
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: It's easy.  Just mount the file system you want to use.
: This is from my /etc/fstab:

: /dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             ext2    noauto,user     0 0
: /dev/fd0                /mnt/a:                 msdos   noauto,user     0 0

One small addition: it's a good idea to add the "rw" flag -> "noauto,user,rw"
so you have read/write access.

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On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 10:31:05 -0600, Patrick

mcopy a:*.* /usr/local/crap/dos/

without mounting or unmounting the floppy. Likewise, mdir, mdel, mmove
etc. exist.

Most distributions should have mtools.

Good luck,
Jurriaan
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Quote:> Can I place two entries in fstab for my floppy?  Identical except for the
> filesystem type so that I have to select what filesystem Linux should
> expect when mounting a floppy?  Or is it safe and perfectly OK for me to
> change the single fstab floppy entry to be msdos filesystem instead of ext2?

mount /dev/fp0 /mnt

The syntax obviously being..

mount [devicename] [mountpoint]

Quote:> Is there a means to allow either/or ext2 and msdos?

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