[newbie] Writing to floppy disc
Bryan
newbie@vlug.org
Mon, 10 May 2004 10:21:05 -0700
Thanks, I put "su" before the command. It seemed to work.
On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 18:21, Andre Steinhausen wrote:
> try
>
> su -
>
> to become root in a shell
>
>
> dre
>
> Bryan wrote:
>
> >In a shell I don't know how to get root priveleges
> >
> >On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 17:00, Andrew Barnes wrote:
> >
> >
> >>=======================
> >>When I tried this the response was "cp: cannot stat '/mnt/floppy/test.doc':
> >>No medium found". I had a formatted floppy in the drive though.
> >>=======================
> >>
> >>Try mounting the floppy drive before using the copy/cp command:
> >>
> >>mount /mnt/floppy
> >>
> >>response is "mount: according to mtab, none is already mounted on
> >>
> >>
> >/mnt/floppy
> >
> >
> >>mount failed"
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >>...which is odd - times when I didn't mount the drive first, it would say
> >>that the drive isn't mounted.
> >>
> >>Don't forget to unmount the drive once you are done using:
> >>
> >>umount /mnt/floppy
> >>
> >>=======================
> >>Could you please let me know how to make the "pipe" symbol on a standard key
> >>board?
> >>=======================
> >>
> >>Sure - look to the Enter key, and then move one key up to see a key that has
> >>"\" on it. The key with the slash will show either a solid vertical line,
> >>but some show two small vertical lines - it's pipe all the same, you just
> >>hold the shift key and press the \ key to get pipe.
> >>
> >>=======================
> >>I tried but the response was "cmod: changing permissions of '/mnt/floppy':
> >>Invalid argument"
> >>=======================
> >>
> >>My initial thought is that you fell victim to a typo - I don't remember
> >>having to set a flag for chmod to recognize characters vs. numbers for
> >>setting permissions.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: newbie-admin@vlug.org [mailto:newbie-admin@vlug.org] On Behalf Of
> >>Bryan
> >>Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 4:22 PM
> >>To: newbie@vlug.org
> >>Subject: RE: [newbie] Writing to floppy disc
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks Andrew,
> >>
> >>I don't know where I'm going wrong here.
> >>
> >>On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 19:06, Andrew Barnes wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Numerous bad GUI experiences led me to get more comfortable with the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>command
> >>
> >>
> >>>line - the nice part to this is that it doesn't matter what
> >>>version/distro/etc this is done on.
> >>>
> >>>>From a command shell/terminal window you can run:
> >>>
> >>>cp [/where/the/file/is] /mnt/floppy
> >>>When I tried this the response was "cp: cannot stat
> >>>
> >>>
> >>'/mnt/floppy/test.doc': No medium found"
> >>
> >>
> >>>I had a formatted floppy in the drive though.
> >>>
> >>>If you want to move the file to the floppy:
> >>>
> >>>mv [/where/the/file/is] /mnt/floppy
> >>>
> >>>If you get a response that your account doesn't have privilege(s) to do
> >>>
> >>>
> >>this
> >>
> >>
> >>>(and you know the root password), you can use the sudo command rather than
> >>>logging in as root.
> >>>
> >>>===================================
> >>>How to check and deal with permissions from Command Line:
> >>>cd /mnt ; ls -l | grep floppy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Could you please let me know how to make the "pipe" symbol on a standard
> >>>
> >>>
> >>key board?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>That will show the permissions for /mnt/floppy - it should start with d
> >>>
> >>>
> >>(for
> >>
> >>
> >>>directory, because it is), or there's problems. The letters after that
> >>>
> >>>
> >>show
> >>
> >>
> >>>what permissions ([r]ead, [w]rite, e[x]ecute)) there are per user, group
> >>>
> >>>
> >>and
> >>
> >>
> >>>world/other. So it'd look something like: "drwxrwx---".
> >>>
> >>>To change the permissions, you can use chmod. Here's an example:
> >>>
> >>>chmod ugo+rwx /mnt/floppy
> >>>
> >>>I tried but the response was "cmod: changing permissions of '/mnt/floppy':
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Invalid argument"
> >>
> >>
> >>>...of full privileges to /mnt/floppy. Not the best thing to do, giving
> >>>
> >>>
> >>full
> >>
> >>
> >>>permissions to something. So you can choose specifically using:
> >>>
> >>>chmod u+rwx /mnt/floppy
> >>>
> >>>This will add read/write/execute privs to User - the other priv's to group
> >>>and world/other are left as they were. What if you only wanted to give
> >>>
> >>>
> >>read
> >>
> >>
> >>>and write priv?
> >>>
> >>>chmod u+rw /mnt/floppy
> >>>
> >>>You can replace the "+" with a "-" to remove privileges.
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: newbie-admin@vlug.org [mailto:newbie-admin@vlug.org] On Behalf Of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>John
> >>
> >>
> >>>Bartlett
> >>>Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 4:22 PM
> >>>To: newbie@vlug.org
> >>>Subject: Re: [newbie] Writing to floppy disc
> >>>
> >>>On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 11:20, Bryan wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I am using Mandrake 9.2 and KDE. I can't figure out how to copy or save
> >>>>files to /mnt/floppy. I am able to format a floppy disc though.
> >>>>
> >>>>There is a small padlock symbol on the desktop icon for the floppy drive
> >>>>and the screen for setting permissions under Properties is greyed out -
> >>>>not accessible. But, I notice the box for writing is blank.
> >>>>
> >>>>Can anyone telll me how to save or copy to the floppy disc? Change the
> >>>>necessary permissions?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Hi Bryan,
> >>>
> >>>I delayed responding for a while as I am a newbie too and cannot even
> >>>format a floppy using RedHat 9.
> >>>
> >>>I do know however that if you open KDE or Nautilus from a command screen
> >>>as root, you should lose the padlock and be able to copy to the disc. I
> >>>don't think there is any way to change to root from within a user KDE
> >>>screen.
> >>>
> >>>I probably got some of that wrong but that should ensure that someone
> >>>really knowledgeable will put us both right!
> >>>
> >>>How often are you tempted to go back to the dark side?
> >>>
> >>>John
> >>>
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