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[russ loroville <bontemps AT m-net.arbornet.org>]

For floppies try this:
alias a:='umount /mnt;mount /dev/fd0 /mnt;ls -al /mnt :more;df -h /mnt'

Only when you mount the first floppy by typing "a:" will you get an error
message(it still works though, you can take out any floppy after the first
any time and it will work without an error message just like DOS.
My cdrom will not open without umounting so this may not work for cdroms

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, James Miller (office) wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>
> > 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:
> > -------------------
> >
> Now wait a minute.  Isn't that cheating? :)
>
> But, seriously.  In Andrew's case, his problem might be addressed by
> making some executable scripts - say, with things like mdir a:, mdir d: -
> and making symlink icons on the desktop.  Right?  I guess one could
> configure a file mgr (gui frontend) to use these commands . . .
>
> Are there some security concerns surrounding mtools? (since they
> apparently get root priviledges)
>
> James
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