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Quote:>mount a unix floppy disk is like this:
>mount /dev/fd0  /mnt
>But it is linux format. Can you tell me how to mount a DOS floppy disk?

You need msdos support in your kernel.

Also, you should try the "mtools" package which
lets you use MSDOS-like commands such as "mcopy",
"mdir", "mdel", etc.

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Quote:> mount a unix floppy disk is like this:
> mount /dev/fd0  /mnt
> But it is linux format. Can you tell me how to mount a DOS floppy disk?

You do need to have DOS file system support in your kernel.

Mount will look at the device you are trying to mount and attempt to determine
the type (DOS, Linux Ext2fs, minix, ISO9660 <cdrom>, ...).
You can "help" mount with the -t option (read the man page for mount).

In addition to using mount, there are many "m" commands that can be used to
access a DOS filesystem.  Commands include mdir, mcopy, mformat (be careful).
For more information:

man mtools
man mount

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mount a unix floppy disk is like this:
mount /dev/fd0  /mnt
But it is linux format. Can you tell me how to mount a DOS floppy disk?

Quote:>mount a unix floppy disk is like this:
>mount /dev/fd0  /mnt
>But it is linux format. Can you tell me how to mount a DOS floppy disk?

(or "-t vfat" if you want to use Win95-style long filenames)

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