Other Help Topics :: Using the floppy drive and saving files



Serenity,

You can save files to your hard drive if you need.  If you open up a terminal (rxvt) and type "sudo su" then hit enter.  That is how your get root access.  Then type "mount -w /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1"  Note:  hda1 might not be your hard drive though.  If it's not then check cycle through the little dockapp in the bottom right of your screen where you found out how you could mount your floppy drive.  Anyhow, "mount" is what you do when you need to access a drive.  "mount" by itself will only give you read permission on NTFS drives.  "mount -w" will give you read and write permission.  The first part (/dev/hda1) is the path to the device you wish to mount.  The second part (/mnt/hda1) is the path to where you want to link it to.  So "mount -w /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1" will mount my hard drive with read and write permission to the /mnt folder as drive hda1.  Once that is done you can open "emelfm" (located in the menu under apps, system) and view your Windows files in /mnt/hda1.
FYI,

The NTFS file system is the default file system for Microsoft Windows ™ NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003.

FAT and FAT32 are used by MSDOS/Windows 95/98/ME.

So the bottom line is:

A DSL user can save files to his or her C:\ drive if they have a typically installed MSDOS/Window 95/98/ME system.

While in DSL, the C:\ drive is READ ONLY if your system has a typical install of Windows NT/2000/XP/2003

Good Luck.
Hello, still having problems.. :(

When I type in "mount -w/dev/hda1 mnt/hda1" I get "mount: invalid option -- /" and then a list of usage. In that it said if I type "mount" then I get a list of mounted filesystems. My harddrives are formatted FAT32 btw, it shows it as type vfat. Maybe it won't mount to anything other than NTFS hd.  

I've sussed how to save files, I managed to save a .txt doc in scrite to floppy and opened it in windows. Again, by going to the /mnt dir then the /floppy dir.

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Edited to add..
Have also saved files to my windows c:\ in the same way, selecting /mnt then /hda1.

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I am having problems with the whole backup routine. I set my dialup connection everytime I boot because if I type "knoppix restore" at boot I get a desktop, only its like 4 colors and a really low resolution. If I boot from the cdrom without knoppix restore I have to set it up as I go, but I can get 1024x 32bit color no problems.

I've followed the 'save your configuration' over and over and cannot think what I am doing wrong for it to not backup things properly.

Help!
You are supposed to put a blank space between the -w and the /dev/hda1:

mount  -w   /dev/hda1   /mnt/hda1

There are other ways to mount your hda1 partition:

1) Choose "Enhance" from the Fluxbox Start Menu. Then use the Mount.app located in the lower right corner of your screen.  Use the arrows to toggle to the "HDA1" mount and push the button in the middle.

2) While inside Emelfm, go to the top directory (Keep clicking on the double dots or ..  ).  Then double-click on  '/mnt'   Then Right-Click on 'hda1' and choose "Mount"  Then double-click on hda1 to enter your Windows drive contents.

Good Luck.
thanks cbagger01 :) , I didn't get round to posting my successes with writing to my hard drive within DSL. Through using emelfm I went to /mnt and saw both my drives in there and gave it a try..
It works! :laugh:

You're right, you can also mount a drive with the dockapp in enhance mode. I did this before I knew what I was doing and thats why I could see the contents! I shall try the -w command again, this time with a space between the -w and /mnt/dev..

@ all :) Thanks for all your replies!
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