[CS3190unix-list] reading diskettes / CDs

[Travis Miller]

You can also use the Mtools package to copy to/from a dos formatted floppy.

- Travis

Berna Massingill wrote:

>To get access to a removable-medium device, you "mount" it.  The
>lab machines are set up so that regular (non-root) users can do
>this for diskettes and CDs.  
>
>To access a diskette, put it in the drive and type "mount /mnt/floppy".
>You then have access to the diskette through directory /mnt/floppy.
>(E.g., "ls /mnt/floppy" will list the files/directories.)  When you're
>done, cd out of the /mnt/floppy directory and type "umount /mnt/floppy".
>
>To access a CD, follow the same procedure but with directory /mnt/cdrom.
>
>The names /mnt/floppy and /mnt/cdrom are defined in /etc/fstab.  (So
>they might be different on someone else's system, but you can look in
>/etc/fstab to see what names to use.)
>
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