mounting floppies

[Lowell Premer]

Do you do this to mount?

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

You can substitute various filesystem types where "msdos" is, hfs is 
supported but I'm not sure about hfs+, prolly not...

Derick Centeno wrote:

>I'm not sure this is the right question for this area but let's see.  I
>cannot mount my floppies within YDL 2.3!!  I can modify the fstab file
>with the appropriate commands, but not mtab!!  Somehow at every reboot
>the mtab is rewritten by the kernel to its original form obliterating my
>changes, and when it sees the changes in the fstab file complains about
>that line number, where the change was made, is "bad".  That comment
>regarding fstab shows up when Dayton restarts.
>
>This is what I write in fstab:
>/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy noauto,user rw 0 0
>
>Also in /mnt I created a new directory called floppy which didn't exist
>prior to that time.  
>
>A further clarification I know how to use vi, and vim well. I've not
>forgotten how to use its various features.
>
>Another question:  How can I use apt-get to download stuff from the CD's
>and have it look for whatever dependencies a particular package may
>need, etc.
>
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