Re: ms-dos in linux

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 03:13:07PM -0400, Kenneth Armstrong wrote:
> Is there a way to get linux to read ms-dos formatted floppies in
> linux?  (go easy on me, I'm a newb!)
> Thanx.

Yes.  Poke the diskette into the drive and

  mdir # defaults to a: drive

and

  mcopy a:somefile.ext /path/to/linux/location

or vice-versa.  Run "info mtools" for more info.

Also, as another poster noted, you can mount the diskette as an msdos
filesystem, but that's more trouble.

Cheers,
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