Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC w/steppers & Xylotex

kdntool wrote:

>Thank You Jeff, Tim, John. I just finished my first test run on the
>machine. A little more tweaking with the backlash and it will be
>perfect. The only other issue is getting programs from the floppy
>drive. I can write them with gedit and save to a hard drive directory
>no problem but I can't seem to read them from a floppy(had it once
>and lost it) My PC experience thus far is entirely DOS/Windows based
>so I need to visit the library for some Linux books.
>Again Thank You For Your Help!!!
>
>

Assuming you have the msdos file system available as a loadable kernel
module, you issue the command :

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

to mount the floppy device to the main file system

(You may have to do this first : mkdir /mnt/floppy
to create that empty directory)

then, you can see the files on the floppy with :

ls /mnt/floppy

and read files from the floppy with :

cp /mnt/floppy/file.name .

to move the named file(s) to the current directory.

Dismount the floppy with :

umount /dev/fd0

before removing the floppy.

Jon