[Techtalk] HELP:mounting from floppy and save file into floppy

[linda ling]

dear techtalk members,

    Hello everyone!i'm currently facing problem mounting my floppy.I've 
tried a few commands as below but somehow it doesn't work:

1)mount /mnt/floppy
2)mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
3)change etc/fstab file from    /dev/fd0    /mnt/floppy  ext2      to
                                /dev/fd0    /mnt/floppy   vfat


      Another problem is how do i compress a file and save it to floppy?I 
wish to choose only specific file from a folder to be compressed and save it 
into a floppy.Please Help.Thanks for anyone interested in my problem.Thank u 
in advance for those willing to help.Thanks.


                                                       LINDA


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