Re: Copying a file from a floppy (diff formats)?
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 07:52:32AM +0100, Ralph Bacolod wrote:
> 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.
Coming in late on this... but you could also use mcopy from mtools.
Good stand alone tool to have (I think it works even if no fs support
exists in the kernel...).
mcopy a:*
while in /tmp or wherever.
Kenward
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