Re: Copying to a floppy; www connection
John Carline wrote:
> 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
Wooooops! Make that "cp filename.file /<dir you mounte to>/filename.file"
mv will move the file ;-)
John
>
>
> 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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