getting to floppy

wildoscar · 12-10-2010, 05:43 AM

How do you access a floppy drive from linux dsl live?

Thanks

Samotnik · 12-10-2010, 06:38 AM

Floppy drive usually have a /dev/fd0 device file.
Try to mount it.

wildoscar · 12-10-2010, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samotnik

Floppy drive usually have a /dev/fd0 device file.
Try to mount it.

how do i mount it? where do i type /dev/fd0 device file.?
Thanks

markush · 12-10-2010, 07:12 AM

Hi,

if there is a directory /mnt, execute

Code:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt

then you will see the files on the floppydisc in /mnt

You may as well create a new directory (same command as with Windows, mkdir) before mounting

Code:

mkdir /mnt/newfloppydirectory
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/newfloppydirectory

if you get errormessages, please post this messages here.

Markus

wildoscar · 12-10-2010, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markush

Hi,

if there is a directory /mnt, execute

Code:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt

then you will see the files on the floppydisc in /mnt

You may as well create a new directory (same command as with Windows, mkdir) before mounting

Code:

mkdir /mnt/newfloppydirectory
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/newfloppydirectory

if you get errormessages, please post this messages here.

Markus

I can see a mount icon at bottom screen but nothing happens when I click on it. nothing at all no error messages. do i need to be a super user. Tried command for that but nothing happened

How do i get to the directory to execute

teckk · 12-10-2010, 08:25 AM

You will usually need to be root to mount a disk, unless you have given user mounting priveledges in one of your config files.

If your floppy is /dev/fd0 then mount it something like (# means root)

Code:

#mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /home/username/mounting_point

Look at the man page for mount

Code:

man mount

http://linuxmanpages.com/man8/mount.8.php

Start to become familiar with shell commands. It will make your experience with *nix better, and you'll be able to control the box.

http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
http://lnag.sourceforge.net/

Google will also answer a good deal of your basic Linux questions

wildoscar · 12-10-2010, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teckk

You will usually need to be root to mount a disk, unless you have given user mounting priveledges in one of your config files.

If your floppy is /dev/fd0 then mount it something like (# means root)

Code:

#mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /home/username/mounting_point

Look at the man page for mount

Code:

man mount

http://linuxmanpages.com/man8/mount.8.php

Start to become familiar with shell commands. It will make your experience with *nix better, and you'll be able to control the box.

http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
http://lnag.sourceforge.net/

Google will also answer a good deal of your basic Linux questions

thanks but i cannot see or understand where i enter the commands

Quote:

#mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /home/username/mounting_point

and

Quote:

man mount

from

In windows you can enter a command at the C: prompt. How do i get to the equivalent of the C prompt in DSL?

Snark1994 · 12-10-2010, 08:48 AM

It should be in the menu somewhere... Look for "Shell" or "Terminal" or something along those lines.

teckk · 12-10-2010, 09:10 AM

Yes,
xterm, aterm, gterm, mrxvt, konsole, or just your console without a GUI.
Whatever it is that you are using.

I would suggest that you stop and do a little *nix reading. It'll save you some frustration.

Once you become familiar with the unix-linux shell, which usually have c, perl, and maybe python interpreters built in, unlike the windows command prompt which is nothing but a black window that you can type in.
You can control any *.nix box. You'll also be able to go from distro to distro without problem. You'll also understand what the GUI apps are doing.

wildoscar · 12-10-2010, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snark1994

It should be in the menu somewhere... Look for "Shell" or "Terminal" or something along those lines.

they do not open. how do i exit turn off can i just take out cd

teckk · 12-10-2010, 10:23 AM

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

wildoscar · 12-10-2010, 11:24 AM

I have restarted and all the apps work now such as browser/root etc