Re: Copying to a floppy; www connection

[John Carline <jtc@stic.net>]

Antonio Rodriguez wrote:

> Silly-Newbie questions:
> 1. How do I read what is in a floppy - Cdrom? I have tried "ls -F
> /dev/fd0" but shows nothing?

You must first mount the floppy or CDROM as a directory, then just treat it as part
of your file system.

example:  "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt"  means mount the floppy disk /dev/fd0 thats
a msdos file type as the directory /mnt. You can use any directory mount point as
long as it's created prior to mounting the floppy or CDROM. Try "man mount" for more
info.

>
> 2. How do I copy a file to a floppy?

mv filename.file  /<dir you mounted to>/filename.file

Or get TkDesk cranked up and see what your doing ;-)

John

>
> 3. Follow-up with previous questions regarding www connection: After
> reviewing my ppp.log I discovered that some times the connection reaches
> the point of sending my password to the at&t network (ip), after that
> there is hangup. The password is correct (case and all), so the problem
> is not there. What could the problem be?
> Thanks,
> Antonio.
>
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