[SUMMARY] How to read from a floppy disk

From: Gerhard Nolte <gnolte_at_gwdg.de>
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 10:09:59 +0100

Dear Managers,


I asked:

> How to read from a floppy disk of an Alphaserver 1000A? Following the
> mtools manpage I have to create a driver in /dev. But how? At console
> prompt there is a dva0.something device.

For me, the following worked:

ln -s /dev/rfd0c /dev/fddrive
chmod 666 /dev/rfd0c # to be accessible by everyone
PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/mtools

mdir etc.

Special thanks to

mortimer_at_physics.uq.edu.au
Thomas Leitner <tom_at_finwds01.tu-graz.ac.at>
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes.)
Sean O'Connell <sean_at_stat.Duke.EDU>
John Seel <john.seel_at_totaltec.com>

Gerhard

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Gerhard Nolte
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Received on Tue Dec 02 1997 - 15:00:59 NZDT

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