I assume you've saved whatever you want to save from abiword to some file, which I'll call <file>, and now want to send it someplace. To put a file on a floppy, the floppy must first be formatted. If it isn't already formatted, you can do so with something like fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 See "man fdformat" or "info fdformat" for more information. Next a file system should be put on the floppy. If the floppy is to be read on another linux computer, "mke2fs /dev/fd0" should make an ext2 filesystem, which is default for linux. If it is to be read on a Windows machine, "mkdosfs /dev/fd0" should make an appropriate type filesystem (FAT12 or FAT16). You can also create FAT32. See "man mkdosfs". In general see "man mkfs" for making various types of filesystems. Next you have to mount the filesystem. As root, take any empty directory, such as /mnt/floppy, and mount on that directory with: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy See "man mount". You might have to use the "-t" parameter to specify the type of filesystem you've made. The floppy can now be used the way you use any directory system. You can use the usual cp command to copy as many files to it as it will hold. If it's just <file> you want copied to it, use "cp <file> /mnt/floppy", unmount the floppy with "umount /mnt/floppy", and take it to the other computer on which you want to mount it. If the other computer is a linux machine, you can mount it with the same "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" you used originally to mount it, and you can copy its file to your current directory with the usual cp command, such as "cp <file> .". If you want to mail a file someplace, within mozilla you can click on "Window" at the top of the browser window, then click on "Mail and Newsgroups", and from the new window click on "Compose". The resulting window allows you to attach files to whatever mail message you wish to send. This isn't the way I do it, but my situation is probably different from yours. On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, glm wrote: > Hi all, > Can some helpful soul please let me know How To save script from Abi > Word to a Floppy and then How To transfer that data to a folder on > another machine. > Is it also possible to do the same with an email and to send it on > another machine using Mozilla or perhaps Evolution in the original form > and not as an attachment. > Also can this be done with a USB Thumb Drive as with Windows XP. > Would FC1 be preferable to Shrike for this task. > Regards, > GLM. New to Linux and Shrike. > > > -- Steven Yellin -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
