Why not download mtools and then try mdir a:/ and then try man mtools? Even if floppy disks were inserted after booting I've been able to access them using mtools in the past.
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Bob, Camaleon, Dom, Stephen, Tom & others, > > I am replying to the last message I found in the thread. If there > is one later, I didn't ignore it deliberately. > > * From: Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> > * Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:21:13 -0500 (EST) > > No, the data is intact, as the mounting of the image file with > > the loop option confirms. Also, further experimentation seems > > to suggest that if the floppy disk is physically mounted in the > > floppy drive during boot, then I can logically mount it with the > > mount command after boot. This really is looking like a bug. > > I intend to file a bug report, but I'd like to do some more > > trial-and-error experimentation before I do. > > This is relevant. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483781 > > The best explanation appears to be cited by A.E. Patrakov in the bug report. > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.3/chapter08/fstab.html > Scroll to the bottom of the page and read "Filesystems with MS-DOS ...". > > My encounter with this has been an attempt to make a bootable > diskette for updating the BIOS on a Foxconn board. Did Foxconn > have their filesystem mounted with UTF8 and the US codepage? > If they used strictly ASCII filenames, are the encoding and > codepage a concern? > > [Use MS or have more trouble than bargained for ... again!] > > Regards, ... Peter E. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.bsf.2.00.1104151757460.31...@freire1.furyyjbeyq.arg
