[Sussex] floppies - mounting and reading ?????

[John D.]

On Saturday 16 September 2006 19:03, John Crowhurst wrote:
> On Sat, September 16, 2006 18:30, John D. wrote:
> > How do I mount and read a floppy ?
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
>
> If vfat doesn't work, you could use msdos (you will have truncated files
> to 8.3)
>
Aaaaaaaaaahhhh! I see, thats the "missing link" then. The vfat or msdos bit 
when it's asking for a file system.

I'll go and try that now.

Thanks very much John.

regards

John D.