Re: Copying a file from a floppy (diff formats)?
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 07:12:06PM -0400, disciple wrote:
> I'm installing debian on my laptop. The laptop uses a winmodem.
> Downloaded the driver for it on my Windows box... XP (NTFS); ... The
> file that I downloaded is a linux compressed file.... extension is
> .gz. The exact file name is pctel-0.9.7-9-rht-3.tar. This is
> interesting because in windows it shows as .tar, but I was able to "see"
> it in debian which showed it as .gz.
>
> Since I can see the file in debian, I should be able to extract and
> install.... right? How do I get the file from the floppy disk to the
> hard drive on my debian box?
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
ls /mnt/floppy
or wherever you want to mount it.
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