Mounting Floppy Drive in Linux

[Wes Bateman]

Try

mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/cdrom

That'll mount device fd0 (your floppy drive) to the directory
/mnt/cdrom.  The -t tells it to use filesystem type "vfat".  That will be
compatible with long filenames like you'll find in Win9x.

Good luck :)
Wes

On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Todd Jamison wrote:

> Quick question.
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> How do I mount a windows formatted floppy in linux???
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