> > In Debian linux, I have certian files that I down-loaded via. a terminal > > emulator in dos, and it is on my dos partition, which is hda. How do I > > access this drive and my flopply drive fd0 in linux? > > You need to mount these partitions. You can use some empty > directory to use as mount point. If these directories doesn't > exist, create them with mkdir. > > To mount your DOS partition, do: > > mount -t msdos /dev/hda /mnt
I believe this is an error. /dev/hda refers to the entire drive 0 on an IDE system. The partition is probably /dev/hda1. Otherwise, a much better explanation than I could have given! Randy Floppy mount instructions by Alexander Geig snipped here > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
