Transfer of Data 2004-08-17 - By Steven J. Yellin
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I assume you've saved whatever you want to save from abiword to
some file, which I'll call <file>, and now want to send it someplace.
To put a file on a floppy, the floppy must first be formatted. If it
isn't already formatted, you can do so with something like
fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
See "man fdformat" or "info fdformat" for more information. Next a file
system should be put on the floppy. If the floppy is to be read on
another linux computer, "mke2fs /dev/fd0" should make an ext2 filesystem,
which is default for linux. If it is to be read on a Windows machine,
"mkdosfs /dev/fd0" should make an appropriate type filesystem (FAT12 or
FAT16). You can also create FAT32. See "man mkdosfs". In general see
"man mkfs" for making various types of filesystems. Next you have to
mount the filesystem. As root, take any empty directory, such as
/mnt/floppy, and mount on that directory with:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
See "man mount". You might have to use the "-t" parameter to specify the
type of filesystem you've made. The floppy can now be used the way you
use any directory system. You can use the usual cp command to copy as
many files to it as it will hold. If it's just <file> you want copied to
it, use "cp <file> /mnt/floppy", unmount the floppy with "umount
/mnt/floppy", and take it to the other computer on which you want to mount
it. If the other computer is a linux machine, you can mount it with the
same "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" you used originally to mount it, and you
can copy its file to your current directory with the usual cp command,
such as "cp <file> .".
If you want to mail a file someplace, within mozilla you can
click on "Window" at the top of the browser window, then click on "Mail
and Newsgroups", and from the new window click on "Compose". The
resulting window allows you to attach files to whatever mail message
you wish to send. This isn't the way I do it, but my situation
is probably different from yours.
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, glm wrote:
> Hi all,
> Can some helpful soul please let me know How To save script from Abi
> Word to a Floppy and then How To transfer that data to a folder on
> another machine.
> Is it also possible to do the same with an email and to send it on
> another machine using Mozilla or perhaps Evolution in the original form
> and not as an attachment.
> Also can this be done with a USB Thumb Drive as with Windows XP.
> Would FC1 be preferable to Shrike for this task.
> Regards,
> GLM. New to Linux and Shrike.
>
>
>
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