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Old 01-18-2008, 04:36 PM
Bill Marcum
 
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Default Re: Reading dos floppy under Linux

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:01:42 GMT, paul
<paul.horan@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> How can I read dos floppies under SUSE Linux ?
> If I remember correctly Slackware had commands like dos dir, dos cp to serve
> this purpose. What is available under SUSE ?
> Thanks,
> Paul
>

The commands dosdir, doscp, etc. are part of the mtools package. You
can use that or you can mount a floppy disk. Suse probably has an
automounter that can detect when a floppy is inserted, but if you mount
the floppy you must remember to umount it.


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