[UCLA-LUG] Copy to floppy

[Roberto Congiu]

On 17 Apr 00, at 14:15, Dan Helfman wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 04:22:04PM +0100, o.carballo wrote:
> > I can't seem to be able to copy my Linux files onto a floppy disk. I tried
> > mounting the disk but when I try to save, it does not appear on the floppy
> > but under some other heading such as /mount/floppy.
> > 
> > Anyone can help?
> 
> If you're using Mandrake 7, you can just pop in the floppy, copy files to
> the directory /mnt/floppy/, and then pop the disk out.
> 
> If you're using anything else, put the disk in the drive, type "mount
> /mnt/floppy", copy files to the directory /mnt/floppy/, type "umount
> /mnt/floppy", and remove the disk.
> 

Also, if the floppy is DOS-formatted, you can use the m* tools like
mcopy, mdir , mdel  to copy the files without mounting the floppy.