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

[David Horton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Maki [mailto:jwmaki at att.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 08:11 PM
> To: 'Support for Pocket Linux Guide'
> Subject: RE: [pocket-linux] Re: Copy Pocket Linux disks to floppy
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Horton
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James Maki
> > > To QU Chen, Dave and Dave,
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > > 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.
> 
> <snip>
> >
> > 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
> 

The root disk in Chapter 2 is the only one that is not compressed.  From chapter 3 to the end all of the floppies are compressed.

Dave Horton