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LinuxDistros.CJB.NET
06-09-2003, 06:33 PM
Hello,

I have tried several diskettes on the new KNOPPIX, but it can not see the floppy disks.

I want to save some files to the floppy drive...do I have to mount it or is it automatically mounted?

Thanks.

rickenbacherus
06-09-2003, 06:40 PM
You could do this:

dd if=<file> of=/dev/fd0

Or this:

cat <file> /dev/fd0

To mount a floppy:

# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/fd0 (or whatever your mount point is).

Do this:

man cat
man dd


For further details.

LinuxDistros.CJB.NET
06-09-2003, 06:45 PM
....ok....it was that the floppy was not formatted.