reading and writing floppydisks

anatman · 05-21-2006, 10:37 PM

how do i read and write to a floppydisk? i found /dev/fd0 but have no clue how to use it... i need to put the output of dmesg and kde on a floppy (need to save the errormessages when i type kde). thanks!

IBall · 05-21-2006, 11:05 PM

Put the Floppy disk in, and run the command:

Code:

mount /media/floppy

The contents of your floppy disk should now appear under /media/floppy.

Copy whatever files you want to the floppy, and then run:

Code:

umount /media/floppy

Make sure that your current directory is not under /media/floppy when you do this, and make sure you run the command before ejecting the floppy. If you don't your files will not be copyed.

I hope this helps
--Ian

Wim Sturkenboom · 05-21-2006, 11:05 PM

Look at /etc/fstab. It will more than likely contain an entry for the floppy disk.

Code:

cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda1        /                reiserfs    defaults         1   1
/dev/hda3        /server          reiserfs    defaults         1   2
/dev/hda5        /home            reiserfs    defaults         1   2
/dev/cdrom       /mnt/cdrom       iso9660     noauto,owner,ro  0   0
/dev/fd0         /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner     0   0
/dev/sda1        /mnt/cruzer2     vfat        noauto,user      0   0
devpts           /dev/pts         devpts      gid=5,mode=620   0   0
proc             /proc            proc        defaults         0   0

In above example, one can mount the floppy with the mount command

Code:

mount /mnt/floppy

anatman · 05-22-2006, 12:32 AM

thanks very much Iball and Wim, that really helps me.