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

[James Maki]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Horton
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Maki
> > To QU Chen, Dave and Dave,

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> > With the chapter 3 root disk in the floppy--
> > cd /
> > mount /dev/fd0
> > cd /mnt/floppy
> > ls
> >
> > gives the following output:
> > bin
> > dev
> > floppytext.txt
> > lost+found
> >
> > so it does seem to be readable. I understand the concept
> > Dave Henderson is discussing, but perhaps I misunderstood
> > his comments.

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>
> If your intention is to mount the compressed floppy then Dave
> Henderson is right, it will not work because it's a gzip file not
> an actual filesystem.  But, if you skip ahead to Appendix A there
> is some discussion of mounting compressed floppies by
> uncompressing them into a ramdisk and then mounting the ramdisk device.
>
> Dave Horton

Dave, if I understand you correctly, the floppy created in chapter 3 is NOT
compressed on the floppy? So the ability to see its contents is expected?
Thanks for any clarification.

Jim