Re: Howto use mtools on a usb floppy?

[Larry Alkoff]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:10:37 +0200 (MEST), Pierre Bourgin wrote:

>
>
>On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>
> > I want to access a usb Teac floppy drive in a Linux laptop with mtools.
> > 
> > It's mounted on /mnt/usbfd and I can access it with
> > ls /mnt/usbfd
> > or
> > cat /mnt/usbfd/file.
> > 
> > When I try mdir a:
> > I get
> > init: set default params
> > Cannot initialize 'A:'
> > 
> > How can I access the floppy with mtools?
>
>Hello,
>
>At first, you must not mount your floppy drive while using the mtools
>!! The mtools are designed to avoid mounting removable devices
>
>You must tell the mtools 'who is' a:, by the use of /etc/mtools.conf; it's
>probably look like this in your case:
>
>---------------------
>drive a: file="/dev/usbXXXX"
>---------------------
>
>where /dev/usbXXXX is the device of your floppy drive (the one you use to
>mount it on /mnt/usbfd - take a look into /etc/fstab about it).
>
>Regards,
>
>Pierre Bourgin
>


Thank you very much Pierre.

Your instructions were clear and worked right away.
I read the man pages but had missed mtools.conf.

Larry



Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX