Floppy

Foreseeen · 07-29-2003, 09:15 PM

This maybe stupid but how do I mount the floppy in Red Hat 7.1 when it does not show up in /mnt?
Hope that isn't too dumb of a ???

Also How do I format a floppy in Linux?

Thank you!!!

Mathieu · 07-29-2003, 09:31 PM

Usually there is a directory /mnt/floppy, if not, create it.
Then use the following syntax:

Code:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

When you are finished, don't forget to umount.

Code:

umount /dev/fd0

DrOzz · 07-29-2003, 09:59 PM

.....and to format you do:

fdformat /dev/fd0
mkfs -t ext2 -c /dev/fd0 <--make linux filesystem
or..
mkfs -t vfat -c /dev/fd0 <--make windows filesystem

or you can use:
mkdosfs /dev/fd0 to format a disk with dos filesystem.

and you can mount like this depending on filesytem:
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 <--mount floppy with linux filesystem
or..
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 <--mount floppy with fat filesystem

Foreseeen · 07-29-2003, 10:45 PM

Thanks that will help tremendously!