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#4819

Author: Exup
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 00:00

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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.


Thanks in advance

Xavi.
Barcelona.spain.

Re: convert to MS-DOS

#4820

Author: Graham Daveney
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 00:00

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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.

After this you can dismount the floppy, and the files will be flushed onto the
disk at that stage. You must remember to dismount the floppy before you remove
it, because if you don't then the files will not be written onto the disk.

Later
Graham
graham@daveney.matra.com.au

Re: convert to MS-DOS

#4821

Author: Jake Kesinger
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 00:00

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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.
Why can't you do:
[put the linux floppy in]
$ mkdir /tmp/blah 
$ mount -t e2fs[1] /dev/fd0 /floppy[2]
[cp files from /floppy to /tmp/blah]
$ umount /dev/fd0
[switch disks]
$ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
[mv files from /tmp/blah to /floppy]
$ umount /dev/fd0
$ rmdir /tmp/blah
?

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Re: convert to MS-DOS

#4822

Author: John Gluck
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 00:00

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Exup 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.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Xavi.
> Barcelona.spain.
Hi

First mount the linux floppy and copy all the files to a temporary
directory on your hard disk.

Second unmount the linux floppy and insert an MS-DOS formatted floppy.
Mount the msdos floppy by typeing
  mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /some_mount_point

Third copy the files from your temporary directory to the msdos floppy

Regards

John Gluck

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