Mount a floppy?

halcor · 2009-02-05 21:08:43

I can't install xorg, my mouse don't work. But I'm a intelligente boy, and I've got the old xorg.conf in a floppy 3 1/4. But I can't use .

I don't know how to mount a floppy from console. the wiki has NOT anything about mount a floppy. I search and I find commands by Ubuntu, or debian, but ther did'nt work. Also I install hal, but it don't aumount, also I add hal to rc.conf, and I uncomment in /etc/fstab

How can i Mount my floppy?

lucke · 2009-02-05 21:46:24

modprobe floppy; mkdir /mnt/floppy; mount /dev/fl[tab] /mnt/floppy

halcor · 2009-02-05 22:01:45

mount: You must specify the file system. {translated from spanish}

lucke · 2009-02-05 22:05:17

Try adding "-t vfat" to that mount command. If your floppy isn't formatted, you can try mkfs.vfat /dev/fl[tab].

lucke · 2009-02-05 22:06:09

Ah. It isn't /dev/fl. It is /dev/fd0.

halcor · 2009-02-05 22:21:30

mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
mount: /dev/fd0 no es un dispositivo de bloques { /dev/fd0 isn't a block dispositive}

I can't format the floppy, because xorg.cong is in.

Also I press [tab] but nothing happened.

lucke · 2009-02-05 22:26:17

Hm, I don't know what the problem is. I haven't used floppies for ages.

halcor · 2009-02-05 22:36:33

Ok, don't worry. Thanks.

Do you know how mount an usb stick?

lucke · 2009-02-05 22:39:36

Yeah, connect it, check in dmesg for its name (sdX), make a destination dir (eg. mkdir /mnt/usb) and mount it (mount /dev/sdXY /mnt/usb - Y is a partition number).

halcor · 2009-02-05 22:55:23

Thanks!

If someone know hot to mount a floppy I'm also interested in, and please put on the wiki.

How can I formar a usb stick with write protection on. It is possible? The usb has no button or similar to quit.

perbh · 2009-02-06 03:51:40

Should be
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/fl-or-whatever

However, if your hardware is brand new - it actually _may_ be a usb-floppy, in which case it is /dev/sdX

In addition - it may also have a partition on it, though not neccessarily, in which case it just may be /dev/sdX1

Try: dmesg|grep fd or possibly dmesg|grep sd

Procyon · 2009-02-06 09:13:26

I wonder if you could actually do something like "hexcurse /dev/fd0"

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