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Re: [TCLUG:224] RE: LUG - bash error and fat32



it does not require any compilcation to use floppies in linux..
either use a pre-formated dos disk, or do this

# mkdosfs /dev/fd0

then you can mount it
# mkdir /mnt/fd
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/fd

all done
remember, linux disk buffers the floppy device.. so you need to unmount the
drive so it actually writes the info to disk

# umount /mnt/fd

On 20-May-98 Ben Johnson wrote:
> depending on the size of the patch, you may be able to create that
> partition you desire on a floppy!  Then you should be able to mount the
> floppy as FAT16 and copy the patch.
> 

TTYL,
        Ben Kochie (ben@intexp.com)

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