Saving to floppySForum: Other Help Topics Topic: Saving to floppyS started by: 1/0=∞ Posted by 1/0=∞ on July 21 2007,17:54
I am quite new at linux and DSL, but I have been wanting to learn for years. I finally got my hands on a spare machine (an IBM 380ED Thinkpad, its not much), the only version of linux that it can run is DSL. But after installing I can not get it to write files to a floppy disk. What I am trying is: -Putting the disk into the drive -Opening the mount tool and mounting the floppy -Saving a text file to the /floppy drive This will not write to the floppy. I have tried some tips I found browsing the web and get various error messages, unfortunately I am in a different city from that machine when my membership to this forum arrived so I will post that all later. I believe it was something about /fd0 not found in some file in the /dev directory. Thank you for your time in reading my post. Posted by curaga on July 21 2007,18:20
Old Thinkpads used to have inverted floppy drives, which normally was the first track would be the last in those drives.. Boot using code floppy=thinkpad to get it understand your floppy drive..
Posted by 1/0=∞ on July 23 2007,02:02
Thank you very much. If I do this once will it remember this setting every time I boot?
Posted by curaga on July 23 2007,08:39
depending on the install.. If you boot from the livecd, you'll have to type that every boot..
Posted by 1/0=∞ on July 23 2007,23:09
Now I am getting an error that says"error: mount: relocation error: mount: undefined symbol: blkid_known_fstype" I tried booting by typing dsl vga=787 floppy=thinkpad can I not include the vga settings when I boot? Posted by curaga on July 24 2007,05:41
no, it's fine to include vga settings.either that floppy is not formatted, it's gone bad, or your thinkpad floppy drive's gone bad.. |