How to mount a dos floppy ?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>
>> Why not use "gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0"? It can be run by a normal
>> user, as log as they are the console user. (Logged into the machine
>> locally.)
> 
> $ gnome-mount
> bash: gnome-mount: command not found
> 
> Is that reason enough?
> 
This is a Fedora install?

>> Then again, if you only want to copy files off the floppies, you can
>> use mtools.
> 
> Another set of tools which I'm not particularly familiar with.
> The tools I use, mount/umount, are found on all *NIX like systems.
> 
> Since I know how to use a set of tools which are ported nearly
> everywhere, I prefer not to learn every possible dialect of tool
> which is not ported.
> 
True, mount and umount are found, but will you find the *fat or
msdos file system support? Mount does not help if the system does
not support the file system you are trying to mount. I am fairly
sure mtools is portable across most *NIX systems.

Mikkel
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