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- From: simonich@uservx.plk.af.mil
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: mount & head problems
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.211924.35788@uservx.plk.af.mil>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 21:19:24 GMT
- References: <675@svcs1.UUCP>
- Organization: Phillips Laboratory - Kirtland AFB
- Lines: 28
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- In article <675@svcs1.UUCP>, slix@svcs1.UUCP (Bill Miller) writes:
- > Hi Linuxers,
- > I've noticed two problems so far with the .97 pl1 root disk.
- >
- > First, the mount -t msdos command doesn't seem to work. I've tried to
- > mount -t /dev/fd1H1440 /mnt as others have suggested (using fd1, or b:
- > drive which is a 1.44 3.5" drive) and I always get "mnt busy" errors.
- >
- > Second, when I pipe to head I get a "Broken pipe" message. I tried:
- >
- > ls -al | head -20
- >
- > it displayed the first 20 lines, and then gave the Broken pipe message.
- > :w
- > :q
- Actually the mount -t msdos command works very well. The correct
- command is
- mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
- ^^^^^^^
- in my case.
-
- I don't use the forces format dev's very often (autodetect always
- gets it right).
-
- I'm new to unix, but isn't the ls etc. pipe doing exactly what you
- asked? I.E. printing the first 20 lines of a file (head -20) where
- file is (ls -al). In other words the first lines of the directory?
- xD
-