On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:25:18 +1200
Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the syntax for the mount command for RH6.1 for the floppy?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
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> From: Anthony E. Greene
> Sent: Friday, 13 September 2002 10:49
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> Subject: Re: mount command for 6.1
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> On 13-Sep-2002/09:39 +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >I have to add a driver via a floppy, but I could not mount the
> >floppy
> >
> >The normal mount /mnt/floppy or mount /dev/fd0 caused the machine
> >to spew garbage about wrong formats
> >
> >The /etc/fstab shows the floppy as ext2 fs should I change it to
> >"auto"?
>
> Yes.
>
> >Is there a special syntax for mounting a floppy onto a RH 6.1
> >system?
>
> No.
>
The standard form of the mount command, is
mount -t type device dir
where t is the filesystem type (msdos, ext2, etc.) and device in this
case is the first floppy drive (/dev/fd0). Lastly, dir is the
mountpoint ( a directory on the 'root' filesystem / ).
So, for example, to mount an msdos floppy in the first floppy drive to
/mnt/floppy, you would as root:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
to mount a Linux (ext2) floppy in the first floppy drive to
/mnt/floppy. you would as root:
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
This assumes that the mountpoint (/mnt/floppy) exists, and that the
floppy disk is a 'normal' one, not something with 1.68 mb or such.
There is much more to the mount command, which also relates to the
/etc/fstab file.
If you do:
man mount
you can get all the details.
Remember to unmount the floppy before removing it ( umount /dev/fdo );
notice that there is only one 'n' in the command......
Regards,
Tom
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