Top Document: comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ Previous Document: 5.8 Peripheral Devices Next Document: 5.8.2 How can I format a floppy under HP-UX? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge HP9000 workstations can be equipped with a 3.5" floppy drive, which enables the use of DOS-formatted 1.44 MB floppy disks. Older systems use SCSI floppy drives, newer systems use standard PC floppy drives. To use the floppy drive: If you intend to write to the floppy disk, make sure that the write protect tab is set to WRITE (tab closed). Insert the disk into the floppy drive. To view the contents of the floppy disk enter the command: $ dosls /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0: (The exact name device file depends on your machine type.) To copy files to or from the floppy disk, use the doscp command. For example: $ doscp somefile /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0: $ doscp /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0:/somefile ~ For details of these commands and other related commands (dosmkdir, dosrm, etc.), consult dosif(4). To eject the floppy disk, press the button located below and to the right of the slot where you inserted the floppy disk. The dosif commands are very slow; a faster alternative that can handle long filenames and also works with ZIP drives and similar devices is the free Mtools package, available from the HP-UX Porting and Archive Center (see 7.1.2.1) and <http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools/>. User Contributions:Top Document: comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ Previous Document: 5.8 Peripheral Devices Next Document: 5.8.2 How can I format a floppy under HP-UX? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: hpux.faq@gmail.com
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