🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <5frpl1$3ik@news.mel.aone.net.au>, daveney@altus.speednet.com.au (Graham Daveney) writes:
> Exup (netto@redestb.es) wrote:
> : Hi folks,
> : 
> : I would like to ask to all the people who are brilliants  about linux
> : management. You know, I MUST to convert a linux floppy disk to a MS-DOS
> : floppy disk. Actually I just need to convert all files contained in. I
> : wonder if exist any command or utility inside linux environment that can
> : help me. Please anwer me asap.
> : 
> 
> Best way would be to put the linux floppy into a machine running linux.
> 
> Underneath linux, mount the floppy, and then copy all the stuff from the floppy
> into a particular directory on the linux filesystem.
> 
> Now put in a regular DOS formatted floppy, mount it into the filesystem, you
> may need to specify to the mount command that the type of this filesystem is
> -f msdos, then you can copy the file from the directory to the mount point.

Due to limited filename length, I would recommend mounting the floppy as vfat.
BTW, you will need 'msdos' and 'vfat' support compiled into the kernel (or as
loadable modules).


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