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Re: Unable to access Floppy drive and CD ROM Drive from command line or X

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From: pegri
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:00
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Mr. Anti Spam <jcaldwel.nosp_am@iquest.net> wrote:
> You may need to setup the floppy device /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1 to point
> to the correct floppy type. There should be something on this in one of
> the howtos and the floppy driver needs to be in the kernel.
No, there is a little difference: fd0 is the autosize device. But it can
only be used e.g. mounting a device. If you want to tell the kernel more
details, mount e.g. /dev/fd0u1440 (FDD 0, universal 3 1/2" driver, 1440
kBytes)
> mkdir /mnt/fd0
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/fd0 -t msdos
> fd0 = drive A: fd1= drive B: since linux counts from 0
> Same for the CDROM, it needs to be mounted *after* the driver(s) have
> been properly installed, you need both the cdrom driver and the ISO9660
> driver then
> mkdir /cdrom
> mount /dev/hd? /cdrom -t ISO9660
> ? is the device it's been assigned usually hdc or hdd
[don't know the original posting!] or /dev/scd0 if you're using a SCSI CD
ROM.

>> Stuart


   Peter
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Subject: Re: Unable to access Floppy drive and CD ROM Drive from command line or X
Date: 1998/02/24
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