OK, I know how to use the "ls" command just fine. I've also been reading the "from dos/windows to linux howto". The problem I'm having is what windows says is on the disk/cd and what linux says are not the same. For example: mdir tells me that the floppy has 5 files and they are exactly the same 5 files that windows says is on the floppy. However, when I mount the floppy *mount /mnt/floppy* and use the ls command, I get 14 entries. All 14 are very similar to the following. /usr/bin/ls: /mnt/floppy/\353.hdrs\003\002: No such file or directory. As for the cd, it is a cd-rw in the UDF format. It's basically one of my backup cds. I believe that I came across something that said linux could read this format. However, the only files linux finds, using the ls command, are: autorun.inf* udfrchk.exe* udfrinst.zl* Obviously, these are not my backup files. I hope this clarifies my problem. Thanks -- Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:12 AM Subject: Re: removeable disks > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > Yes in fact it can, and you don't need the mdir command. You can > simply use ls. For starters, try this. Put a cdrom in the CD drive, > then type this: > > mount /mnt/cdrom > > Now you can do ls, cp, etc. to access the files on your cdrom drive. > Make sure to do: > > umount /mnt/cdrom > > when finished. You can do the same for /mnt/floppy for your floppy > drive, provided the disks are already formatted. Formatting under > Linux is another story. If you want to know how to do it, let me know > and I'll post another message. > > Finally, consult the following man pages for all you ever wanted to > know about this: > > mount (8), umount (8), fstab (5) > - --- > Joseph C. Lininger > jbahm at pcdesk.net > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyrath. (AKA Rob)" <kyrath at cox.net> > To: "Speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:47 PM > Subject: removeable disks > > > I'm finally starting to poke around my linux box and have been doing > a lot of reading, since I really had no basic unix knowledge to start > with. > I believe that I've got the mounting of my floppy and cd drives, but > I'm not able to access files on my cd. In fact, I was only able to > see files on my floppy by using the "mdir" command. Unfortunately, > not even that seems to work for the cd drive at all. > I thought the linux was able to read dos/windows formatted disks? > If anyone can direct me to specific information/reading material > regarding the use of disks and cds between a windoes and linux box, I > would greatly appreciate it. > I'm currently using slackware 9.1. > - -- Rob > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 8.0.3 > > iQA/AwUBQD2cVienap9Jqj2wEQIfTACg3RTdRhUX59Q2HHJswr7AiqAtMfsAni65 > WXSpBmipVmpz+6t+8lRQYrBL > =8d26 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
