Re: Problems

["David B. Teague" <teague@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU>]

Pete,

If you have installed mtools, you can access MS DOS disks: low and high
level format files, copy to the disk, read from the disk, delete, both
text and binary files etc. Please read man mtools, then man each of the
individual mtools (mcopy, mdel, mdir,...) that should get you started.
Oh the config files are in /etc/mtools.conf

The device for the first floppy is /dev/fd0, and you can mount a 
floppy there with the command (only as root)

	mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt

where /mnt is any directory not otherwise in use. -r if your disk is
write protected, or if you want to mount it so it cannot be written.

You use ppp (point to point protocol) to talk to your isp. that is 
slightly more complicated than just RTM. I have only set up my
system at home to talk to MCI's internet service. You must have 
clear picture of what the isp is sending and what the responses
that are required by the isp are. 

I logged in by hand. Use kermit, or any terminal emulation program. I'm
sorry I don't know others. Write the conversation ALL down.  You will
have to provide the chat script with send-expect pairs that look
like this:

  ogin: dbt  asswd: xxxxxxx ption: p

the ogin: is the last part of login:, dbt is my login name, 
asswd: is password, xxxxxxxxxx is the password for my account
ption: is for option, and p is the signal for connect ppp.

There are a few other things you will need, and I cannot recall off the
top of my head. Please read carefully the files /usr/doc/ppp/README*.
Then you probably will be in shape to try this, and ask more questions. 

If you don't get it, I'll send you my chatscripts and other setup files,
and if I can't help you , someone around here will certainly be able to
do so. This is the Debian User mailing list, where help is not far away.

Hope this helps!

David
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On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Pete Poff wrote:

> Dear Sir or Madom,
> 	I have servel question to ask.
> 
> 1. How do I access my floppy drive?  All I know is that it is fd0.
> 2. How do I copy files off of a MS-DOS floppy?
> 3. How do I use my modem to connect to a local unix server?
> 
> Thanks for you help if you can answer these.
> Pete Poff
> 
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