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

[Ben Kochie <ben@intexp.com>]

hahahha.. Slackwarian.. i like it.. 

you really don't have to specify the format when you use mount.. modern mount
detects the type.

one more not for people.. i normally remove MSDOS support from my kernel, but
turn vfat on.. vfat works with both MSDOS, and real vfat drives.. i prefer it
because it stores caps properly, and it does long file names

On 20-May-98 Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 1998, Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
>> it does not require any compilcation to use floppies in linux..
> 
> Yeah: complication is optional. :)
> 
>> 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
> 
> This is all very Slackwarian. Since you're using Red Hat, you may need to
> modify these commands slightly:
> 
># fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
># mkfs -t msdos /dev/fd0
> 
> Red Hat already has /mnt/floppy ready for you, you don't need to 'mkdir
> /mnt/fd'. But you can if you like.
> 
> then, to mount and un-mount:
> 
># mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
># umount /mnt/floppy
> 
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TTYL,
        Ben Kochie (ben@intexp.com)

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