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On Tue, 05 Oct 1999, you wrote: > 1. Why is it that when I mount a floppy on /mnt/floppy that I list files > ls -a and get the last files stored even though that disk is no longer > inside the machine? Is Linux caching directories? Is there a way to > clear this? > > 2. what is the specific procedure for mounting an msdos (with long > filenames) floppy? (Actually, I copied an RPM file downloaded on another > windows9x machine and want to read it.) Use mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 <target-mountpoint> assuming you've enabled vfat in your kernel. > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > Kevin > > - > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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