Re: How to restore /dev/fd0

On Mar 11, 2005, at 8:18 PM, KevinO wrote:
> Make sure you have a formatted floppy, not the one you hammered with
> the copy
> command.
>
> Then:
>
> # mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> should mount it for you

Another possibility, if the floppy is or is to be formatted with FAT is
to use mtools. Honestly, I don't think I've *ever* mounted a floppy
since back in the day, they were all FAT formatted and mtools was just
easier.

Compare these two:

$ su mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
$ cp myfile.txt /mnt/floppy
$ su umount /mnt/floppy

and

$ mcopy myfile.txt a:

Of course, if the floppy is going to be formatted with ext2 (or better
yet, minixfs), then the mount/cp/umount path is definitely the way to
go.

Kurt

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