Hello managers,
I'd like to load some source codes from a DOS floppy disk onto some alpha
machines running DU4.0a. The machines have mtools installed so that I hope
the codes can be read and copied across. My first problem is how to mount
the floppy disk.
I looked into /dev and found 2 block device files 'fd0a' and 'fd0c'. I tried
them all with the following commands with the floppy inserted in the drive:
mkdir /temp
mount /dev/fd0a /temp
mount /dev/fd0c /temp
The LED was on briefly indicating the drive was accssed however both
commands yielded the error message: "No valid filesystem exists on this
partition"
Questions:
1. Did I use the correct device name? if not how can I find out the correct
name?
2. Suppose the mount command was succesful, how do I use mtools to transfer
the codes (text format) to the alpha machines?
Thanks in advance,
Hung Tran
RLM Systems - Australia
Received on Mon Aug 10 1998 - 06:39:45 NZST