reading a linux floppy in windows

[hictio]

hi there, i was wondering if there is a way to read files created in linux on a windows machine, for instance a txt file copied to a diskette.
do i have to format in any special way the floppy? i know that linux can read msdos formatted floppies and partitions, but i´m not so sure that the other way is possible, i hope so...

[mikek147]

As long as the floppy was formatted in dos or Win95/98/NT, you can mount the floppy in Linux, copy the file to the floppy. Back in windows, the file is now available from floppy. If you moving a text file from Linux->Win95/98/NT or Win95/98/NT->Linux, and both OS' are on the same box, you can just as easily mount your C: drive in Linux for copying in either direction. -mk

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[hictio]

thanks mike, but the os´s are not on the same bow. if i understood you well, i can read a file created in linux on a windows box, as long as the file was saved on a floppy that was already formatted in msdos/win85/98/nt, am i wrong?

[mikek147]

Thats correct. I would assume that when you mount the floppy, you'd mount it as a fat fs type, instead of vfat, since you don't use fat32 on floppies. -mk

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

[hictio]

thanks a lot for all the advice, mike, it all worked flawlessly.
i use windows at work and i´m learning linux at home by the night, a ´closet linux´ user, i guess...