Re: Moving a life to a dos box
John McPeek wrote:
>I just installed GNU/LINUX and I need to get a file (ppp.log) from my
>linux box to my dos box. As you may be able to tell I am trying to
>learn about unix from books. My original problem is with making a ppp
>con but I was told to get the file so someone can help me. Just a little
>more help and I can get it. I'm not sure how to access the floppy.
Put a DOS-formatted floppy in the A: drive of the Linux machine
Mount the disk as a filesystem:
as root: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
copy the file: cp ppp.log /mnt
unmount the disk: umount /mnt
When the disk light goes out, remove the disk.
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