[pocket-linux] Re: Copy Pocket Linux disks to floppy

[James Maki]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: QU CHEN
>
> > syntax as I have not been able to get it to work. I always end up with
> > non-readable floppy disk and "frozen" floppy in /mnt that will
> not >umount.
>
> I am also a new guy. But I am interested in knowing what do you mean by
> "frozen"? what commands you have used to mount or umount?
>
> QU Chen

I copied the disk with

dd if=ch3-rootdisk.image.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k

When I try to mount /dev/fd0 the disk, I get an error

mount: you must specify the filesystem type.

BUT, the disk does work! I had made a mistake compiling the kernel w/out RAM
disk support to confuse the issue. So, while I am past the problems, why can
I not list the directory of this copied disk? I am sure it is a Newbie
error.

Thanks,

Jim