Linux Laptop Network Problem

akaBeaVis · 07-06-2003, 08:08 PM

Well, my faith in the internet is renewed, if you had done all that and it *still* didn't work, I woulda had to wonder what the heck I'd been reading.

topace · 07-06-2003, 09:05 PM

Thank you for all your help. I was wondering if you could answer me just one more question -

How do I write to/from a device? Like, for instance, if I wanted to write to /dev/fd0, would I use a cp command? I am unsure how to use these devices, as UNIX treates them like files, so it is a little different.

Thanks -

~ace

akaBeaVis · 07-06-2003, 09:44 PM

with the floppy (/dev/fd0) you'll need to mount it first, take a look at "man mount". a generic command for that would be "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy", assuming there's a directory named "/mnt/floppy". Once mounted you move files in and out of or edit the files in the mount directory (in this case /mnt/floppy). When finished you need to "umount /mnt/floppy", which will flush any file caches and allow the proper removal of the media.

topace · 07-07-2003, 12:13 AM

Thanks a lot for your help. I really appreciate it.

~ace

akaBeaVis · 07-08-2003, 07:19 PM

no problem, glad to help