removeable disks

[Joseph C. Lininger]

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Hi,
It looks like in the case of the floppy, Linux is attempting to mount
with the wrong filesystem. Try this:

mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

You may have to use something other than /dev/fd0 depending on how
your system is set up, but this is most likely the correct device. As
for the CD-Rom, the problem is most probably that you used something
like DirectCD for Windows to make the CD. These use a specialized
version of UDF, which Linux can not read. Even support for standard
UDF is considered questionable at the moment, but it definitely won't
read it if something like DirectCD is used. Problem is, I don't know
of any programs that write the UDF filesystem that don't use some
kind of specialized format.
- ---
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm at pcdesk.net
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From: "Kyrath. (AKA Rob)" <kyrath at cox.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: removeable disks


> OK, I know how to use the "ls" command just fine.  I've also been
> reading the "from dos/windows to linux howto".  The problem I'm
> having is what windows says is on the disk/cd and what linux says
> are not the same. For example: mdir tells me that the floppy has 5
> files and they are exactly the same 5 files that windows says is on
> the floppy.  However, when I mount the floppy *mount /mnt/floppy*
> and use the ls command, I get 14 entries. All 14 are very similar
> to the following.
> 
> /usr/bin/ls: /mnt/floppy/\353.hdrs\003\002: No such file or
> directory.  
> 
> As for the cd, it is a cd-rw in the UDF format.  It's basically one
> of my backup cds.  I believe that I came across something that said
> linux could read this format.  However, the only files linux finds,
> using the ls command, are:
>   autorun.inf*
>   udfrchk.exe*
>   udfrinst.zl*
> Obviously, these are not my backup files.
> 
> I hope this clarifies my problem.
> Thanks
> -- Rob
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:12 AM
> Subject: Re: removeable disks
> 
> 
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> > Hello,
> > Yes in fact it can, and you don't need the mdir command. You can
> > simply use ls. For starters, try this. Put a cdrom in the CD drive,
> > then type this:
> >
> > mount /mnt/cdrom
> >
> > Now you can do ls, cp, etc. to access the files on your cdrom drive.
> > Make sure to do:
> >
> > umount /mnt/cdrom
> >
> > when finished. You can do the same for /mnt/floppy for your floppy
> > drive, provided the disks are already formatted. Formatting under
> > Linux is another story. If you want to know how to do it, let me know
> > and I'll post another message.
> >
> > Finally, consult the following man pages for all you ever wanted to
> > know about this:
> >
> > mount (8), umount (8), fstab (5)
> > - ---
> > Joseph C. Lininger
> > jbahm at pcdesk.net
> > - ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kyrath. (AKA Rob)" <kyrath at cox.net>
> > To: "Speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:47 PM
> > Subject: removeable disks
> >
> >
> > I'm finally starting to poke around my linux box and have been doing
> > a lot of reading, since I really had no basic unix knowledge to start
> > with.
> > I believe that I've got the mounting of my floppy and cd drives, but
> > I'm not able to access files on my cd.  In fact, I was only able to
> > see files on my floppy by using the "mdir" command.  Unfortunately,
> > not even that seems to work for the cd drive at all.
> > I thought the linux was able to read dos/windows formatted disks?
> > If anyone can direct me to specific information/reading material
> > regarding the use of disks and cds between a windoes and linux box, I
> > would greatly appreciate it.
> > I'm currently using slackware 9.1.
> > - -- Rob
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