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Mounting the PC diskette on a UNIX workstation

SGI IRIX versions 4.0.x and 5

 PC/DOS-formatted diskettes can be easily mounted in the SGI environment. For more information, print out the appropriate man pages on your system.

IRIX version 4.0.x uses the msdosd daemon to mount a floppy diskette.
IRIX version 5 uses the mediad daemon to mount all types of devices, including floppy diskettes. Both operating system versions have the utilities from_dos and to_unix to convert files and add or remove Control-M characters.

To mount a diskette, insert the diskette into the disk drive.

msdosd

The msdosd daemon monitors a floppy diskette drive. When a diskette is inserted, it is mounted appropriately if it is in MS-DOS format. To specify a floppy disk drive, use the appropriate device special file in /dev/rdsk. High-density diskettes are mounted by using floppy devices with the hi suffix.

mediad

The mediad daemon monitors the removable media devices on a system. When a diskette is inserted, it is mounted if it makes sense for that media type and if there is a valid file system on it.

Sun running Solaris 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5

PC/DOS-formatted diskettes can be mounted in two ways in the Solaris environment, either automatically or manually. For more information, print out the appropriate man pages on your system.

Automatic diskette mounting instructions

If the volume manager is running, the PC/DOS diskette will be mounted automatically when the diskette is inserted in the disk drive.

To see if the volume manager is running, type the following command:

ps -ef | grep vold

To see a list of the diskette's contents, do the following steps:

  1. Run OpenWindows.

  2. Open the File Manager.

  3. Insert the PC diskette.

  4. Click on the File button in the File Manager window, then click on Check for Floppy.

The File Manager displays the files on the diskette. You can then copy the files to your hard disk, or send the files to the printer using the lp print command.

Manual diskette mounting instructions

If the volume manager is not running, you can manually mount the PC diskette. You must have root privileges to use the mount command. Type the following command:

mount -F pcfs device-special directory-name

For example:

mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /floppy

Or, if the device name /dev/diskette - /pcfs pcfs -no- is in your
/etc/vfstab directory, type the following command to mount the diskette:

mount /pcfs

You can then copy the files to your hard disk or extract the file unix.tar, as described under Extracting files from unix.tar.

To eject the diskette, type:

eject

Note: Do not execute the eject command from within the mount point (the directory to which you mounted the diskette).

Sun running SunOS 4.1.3

 You must have root privileges to use the mount command. Type the following command:

mount -r -t pcfs device-name mount-point

For example:

mount -r -t pcfs /dev/fd0c /mnt

You can then copy the files to your hard disk or extract the file unix.tar, as described under Extracting files from unix.tar.

To eject the diskette, type:

eject

Note: Do not execute the eject command from within the mount point (the directory to which you mounted the diskette).
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