From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 66-197-195-53.hostnoc.net ([66.197.195.53] helo=mainserver.shaned.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HEePy-00058C-00 for ; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:28:26 -0500 Received: from ip-206-123-194-13.static.fasttrackcomm.net ([206.123.194.13] helo=development) by mainserver.shaned.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HEePx-0008JF-78 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:28:25 -0500 Message-ID: <001b01c74a70$3fc339e0$6401a8c0@development> From: "Littlefield, tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <005a01c74a63$76cccee0$6401a8c0@development> <45C94881.6090904@proficio.ca><000a01c74a6b$eaa0a0a0$6401a8c0@development> <45C954AE.6000904@proficio.ca> Subject: Re: slightly o-t, looking for os help Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:27:15 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - mainserver.shaned.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gmail.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Littlefield, tyler" , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:28:27 -0000 lol, yes, I like the stability of linux. I'm sorry for all the questions, but when I try to mount my floppy, it doesn't work, says it can't open, and a few other errors. now, I'm off to find cmos immages for bochs. whee :) Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Unlimited horizons head coder. check out our website: tysplace.homelinux.net msn: compgeek134@hotmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Sutherland To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:25 PM Subject: Re: slightly o-t, looking for os help > The mount command usually requires both a device name > and mount point unless the device name is listed in your > /etc/fstab. Look there for the floppy drive info, mine is: > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0 > > To mount this in the fully qualified way would be: > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > Note that the file system type is set to auto in /etc/fstab. > It should automagically determine the file system type. > And since it's in fstab, I can also do just > > mount /mnt/floppy > > Same is true for cdrom and any other mount point, > if they are defined properly in /etc/fstab you can > simply mount the mount name and skip the device. > This assumes that the device exists and there is > proper media inserted etc. > > For more info on mounting > http://www.alwanza.com/howto/linux/floppy.html > http://home.ubalt.edu/abento/linux/terminal/mount.html > http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/linux/mount.html > > also commands > man mount > man umount > man fstab > > And the dosfstools docs for formatting and such > http://www.fifi.org/doc/dosfstools/ > > I appreciate linux more and more every day, even > still, started with redhat 5 almost 10 years ago, it > gets better all the time. My system is dare I say > more stable than windows will ever be. > > -- Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup