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  • From: qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] mounting by user
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 07:02:00 +1200

James Miller wrote:
>
> But how do they *unmount* them? If they remove the floppy
> or CD without first unmounting, there'll be trouble . . .
> This is probably one of the biggest downsides to Linux for
> Win users - the disk mounting/unmounting thing.

The mtools utility avoids all this. There is no mounting or
umounting. As long as you use DOS floppies, it works just
like DOS (except each DOS command starts with an m). For
example, to copy sample.txt to the floppy:
-------------------
mcopy sample.txt a:
-------------------

Cheers,
Steven








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