Re: mount command for 6.1

[Tom Pollerman <tompollerman mail landolls com>]

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:25:18 +1200
Linux <linux dounsix co nz> wrote:

> What is the syntax for the mount command for RH6.1 for the floppy?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
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> On 13-Sep-2002/09:39 +1200, Mike dounsix co nz wrote:
> >I have to add a driver via a floppy, but I could not mount the
> >floppy
> >
> >The normal mount /mnt/floppy or mount /dev/fd0 caused the machine
> >to spew garbage about wrong formats
> >
> >The /etc/fstab shows the floppy as ext2 fs should I change it to
> >"auto"?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >Is there a special syntax for mounting a floppy onto a RH 6.1
> >system?
> 
> No.
>

 The standard form of the mount command, is
              mount -t type device dir            

where t is the filesystem type (msdos, ext2, etc.) and device in this
case is the first floppy drive (/dev/fd0). Lastly, dir is the
mountpoint ( a directory on the 'root' filesystem / ).

So, for example, to mount an msdos floppy in the first floppy drive to
/mnt/floppy, you would as root:

                 mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

to mount a Linux (ext2) floppy in the first floppy drive to
/mnt/floppy. you would as root:

               mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy


This assumes that the mountpoint (/mnt/floppy) exists, and that the
floppy disk is a 'normal'  one, not something with 1.68 mb or such.

There is much more to the mount command, which also relates to the
/etc/fstab file.

If you do:

         man mount

you can get all the details.

Remember to unmount the floppy before removing it ( umount /dev/fdo );
notice that there is only one 'n' in the command...... 

                                        Regards,

                                          Tom