Re: Problems
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.
the mount command can be used to mount a floppy - but remember to unmount it
again before removing it from the drive!!
e.g.
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
will mount the floppy in fd0 on directory /floppy (if /floppy exists).
note: unless you set up permissions to allow normal users to do this, this
is a privelidged (root only) command.
see 'man mount' for more info.
> 2. How do I copy files off of a MS-DOS floppy?
you can use mtools to copy files to/from a dos floppy.
e.g.
mdir a: # get a directory listing of a:
mcopy a:file.txt . # copy file.txt from a: to current dir
mcopy file.txt a: # copy file.txt from current dir to a:
see 'man mtools', 'man mdir', 'man mcopy' etc for more info.
> 3. How do I use my modem to connect to a local unix server?
minicom is a good terminal emulator for linux. it is fairly similar in
style to telix. it's probably the easiest terminal program to use.
there are other programs too:
cu -- comes with uucp package. useful sometimes but more suited to
scripting than interactive use.
seyon -- X windows based terminal emulator.
ckermit -- good comms program, but can be difficult to use until you
get used to it.
craig
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