Re: How do access hda, fd0, etc. ?
> > 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
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