[newbie] Writing to floppy disc
Andrew Barnes
newbie@vlug.org
Sun, 09 May 2004 18:13:26 -0700
To get root privileges, you can use su or sudo.
sudo is meant (as I understand) to run a limited set of commands as a
different user, typically root. On the other hand, su will let you switch
users without logging out and back in.
For mounting the floppy, try:
mount -t vfat /mnt/floppy
What does the contents of /etc/fstab show?
-----Original Message-----
From: newbie-admin@vlug.org [mailto:newbie-admin@vlug.org] On Behalf Of
Bryan
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 5:29 PM
To: newbie@vlug.org
Subject: RE: [newbie] Writing to floppy disc
In a shell I don't know how to get root priveleges
On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 17:00, Andrew Barnes wrote:
> =======================
> When I tried this the response was "cp: cannot stat
'/mnt/floppy/test.doc':
> No medium found". I had a formatted floppy in the drive though.
> =======================
>
> Try mounting the floppy drive before using the copy/cp command:
>
> mount /mnt/floppy
>
> response is "mount: according to mtab, none is already mounted on
/mnt/floppy
>mount failed"
> ...which is odd - times when I didn't mount the drive first, it would say
> that the drive isn't mounted.
>
> Don't forget to unmount the drive once you are done using:
>
> umount /mnt/floppy
>
> =======================
> Could you please let me know how to make the "pipe" symbol on a standard
key
> board?
> =======================
>
> Sure - look to the Enter key, and then move one key up to see a key that
has
> "\" on it. The key with the slash will show either a solid vertical line,
> but some show two small vertical lines - it's pipe all the same, you just
> hold the shift key and press the \ key to get pipe.
>
> =======================
> I tried but the response was "cmod: changing permissions of '/mnt/floppy':
> Invalid argument"
> =======================
>
> My initial thought is that you fell victim to a typo - I don't remember
> having to set a flag for chmod to recognize characters vs. numbers for
> setting permissions.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newbie-admin@vlug.org [mailto:newbie-admin@vlug.org] On Behalf Of
> Bryan
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 4:22 PM
> To: newbie@vlug.org
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Writing to floppy disc
>
>
> Thanks Andrew,
>
> I don't know where I'm going wrong here.
>
> On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 19:06, Andrew Barnes wrote:
> > Numerous bad GUI experiences led me to get more comfortable with the
> command
> > line - the nice part to this is that it doesn't matter what
> > version/distro/etc this is done on.
> >
> > >From a command shell/terminal window you can run:
> >
> > cp [/where/the/file/is] /mnt/floppy
> > When I tried this the response was "cp: cannot stat
> '/mnt/floppy/test.doc': No medium found"
> > I had a formatted floppy in the drive though.
> >
> > If you want to move the file to the floppy:
> >
> > mv [/where/the/file/is] /mnt/floppy
> >
> > If you get a response that your account doesn't have privilege(s) to do
> this
> > (and you know the root password), you can use the sudo command rather
than
> > logging in as root.
> >
> > ===================================
> > How to check and deal with permissions from Command Line:
> > cd /mnt ; ls -l | grep floppy
>
> > Could you please let me know how to make the "pipe" symbol on a standard
> key board?
>
> > That will show the permissions for /mnt/floppy - it should start with d
> (for
> > directory, because it is), or there's problems. The letters after that
> show
> > what permissions ([r]ead, [w]rite, e[x]ecute)) there are per user, group
> and
> > world/other. So it'd look something like: "drwxrwx---".
> >
> > To change the permissions, you can use chmod. Here's an example:
> >
> > chmod ugo+rwx /mnt/floppy
> >
> > I tried but the response was "cmod: changing permissions of
'/mnt/floppy':
> Invalid argument"
> >
> > ...of full privileges to /mnt/floppy. Not the best thing to do, giving
> full
> > permissions to something. So you can choose specifically using:
> >
> > chmod u+rwx /mnt/floppy
> >
> > This will add read/write/execute privs to User - the other priv's to
group
> > and world/other are left as they were. What if you only wanted to give
> read
> > and write priv?
> >
> > chmod u+rw /mnt/floppy
> >
> > You can replace the "+" with a "-" to remove privileges.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: newbie-admin@vlug.org [mailto:newbie-admin@vlug.org] On Behalf Of
> John
> > Bartlett
> > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 4:22 PM
> > To: newbie@vlug.org
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Writing to floppy disc
> >
> > On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 11:20, Bryan wrote:
> > > I am using Mandrake 9.2 and KDE. I can't figure out how to copy or
save
> > > files to /mnt/floppy. I am able to format a floppy disc though.
> > >
> > > There is a small padlock symbol on the desktop icon for the floppy
drive
> > > and the screen for setting permissions under Properties is greyed out
-
> > > not accessible. But, I notice the box for writing is blank.
> > >
> > > Can anyone telll me how to save or copy to the floppy disc? Change the
> > > necessary permissions?
> >
> > Hi Bryan,
> >
> > I delayed responding for a while as I am a newbie too and cannot even
> > format a floppy using RedHat 9.
> >
> > I do know however that if you open KDE or Nautilus from a command screen
> > as root, you should lose the padlock and be able to copy to the disc. I
> > don't think there is any way to change to root from within a user KDE
> > screen.
> >
> > I probably got some of that wrong but that should ensure that someone
> > really knowledgeable will put us both right!
> >
> > How often are you tempted to go back to the dark side?
> >
> > John
> >
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