How do you write to a floppy disk under QNX 6

How do you write to a floppy disk under QNX 6.

Note I wish to write to a QNX 2 formatted floppy.

Previously, David Travers wrote in comp.os.qnx:

How do you write to a floppy disk under QNX 6.

Note I wish to write to a QNX 2 formatted floppy.

There is no utility that will allow you to do this.


Mitchell Schoenbrun --------- maschoen@pobox.com

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:32:37 +0100, “David Travers”
<david.travers@blairsofscotland.co.uk> wrote:

How do you write to a floppy disk under QNX 6.

Note I wish to write to a QNX 2 formatted floppy.

Couldn’t you use “mount”? The only thing I do not know is if QNX 2
uses a different file system than QNX 6.

Something like “mount -t <QNX_file_system_name> /dev/fd0
/<mount_point>” where <QNX_file_system_name is the file system (i.e.
dos for dos formatted diskettes) and <mount_point> is a directory,
such as /floppy, /fs/floppy, or whatever you want.

I would think this would work. You might take a look at the
documentation for ‘mount.’ I think this is where I found that ‘dos’
was the parameter for dos diskette. Then again, maybe I just guesses.
I don’t remember…

Regards,
Marc Mandel

Previously, marc mandel wrote in comp.os.qnx:

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:32:37 +0100, “David Travers”

Couldn’t you use “mount”?

No

The only thing I do not know is if QNX 2
uses a different file system than QNX 6.

It has some similarities in structure, but that is all. It’s completely
different.

Something like “mount -t <QNX_file_system_name> /dev/fd0
/<mount_point>” where <QNX_file_system_name is the file system (i.e.
dos for dos formatted diskettes) and <mount_point> is a directory,
such as /floppy, /fs/floppy, or whatever you want.

Nope, nope, nope.

I would think this would work. You might take a look at the
documentation for ‘mount.’ I think this is where I found that ‘dos’
was the parameter for dos diskette. Then again, maybe I just guesses.
I don’t remember…

QNX4 has a utility that will read QNX 2 files, but won’t write them.
I don’t think it was ported to QNX 6.

Mitchell Schoenbrun --------- maschoen@pobox.com

Tried that it doesn’t work.

“marc mandel” <marc.mandel@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:bmpeetkirf45mdjr8k57a2dua2abu085gm@4ax.com

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:32:37 +0100, “David Travers”
david.travers@blairsofscotland.co.uk> > wrote:

How do you write to a floppy disk under QNX 6.

Note I wish to write to a QNX 2 formatted floppy.


Couldn’t you use “mount”? The only thing I do not know is if QNX 2
uses a different file system than QNX 6.

Something like “mount -t <QNX_file_system_name> /dev/fd0
/<mount_point>” where <QNX_file_system_name is the file system (i.e.
dos for dos formatted diskettes) and <mount_point> is a directory,
such as /floppy, /fs/floppy, or whatever you want.

I would think this would work. You might take a look at the
documentation for ‘mount.’ I think this is where I found that ‘dos’
was the parameter for dos diskette. Then again, maybe I just guesses.
I don’t remember…

Regards,
Marc Mandel