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Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s...

From J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.debian, comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.setup
Subject Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s...
Date 2016-01-03 02:17 +0000
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On Saturday, January 3rd, 2016, at 18:38:36h -0600, Ant asked:

> Is there a GUI version of it?

No.

Do you remember DOS?  And command like

       copy file A:

       rename A:file1 A:file2

etc?

Well mtools are a set of command line tools
to look and feel just like those old DOS commands
you used to love using, except they are named with
an m in front eg

    mcopy
    mlabel
    mren  (as in rename)
    mtype

etc

mtools -- Supported commands:
mattrib, mbadblocks, mcat, mcd, mclasserase, mcopy, mdel, mdeltree
mdir, mdoctorfat, mdu, mformat, minfo, mlabel, mmd, mmount
mpartition, mrd, mread, mmove, mren, mshowfat, mshortname, mtoolstest
mtype, mwrite, mzip


Apparently, if you have mtools installed, you can use Konqueror and even
Dolphin to work with DOS filesystems via mtools
(provided that the filesystems they are not mounted)

           <https://forum.kde.ORG/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=127786>

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Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-29 01:54 -0600
  Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-29 09:36 +0100
    Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-29 13:45 -0600
      Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-12-29 19:50 +0000
        Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-29 13:53 -0600
          Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-12-29 13:47 -0800
            Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Mark Carroll <mtbc@ixod.org> - 2015-12-29 22:00 +0000
              Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-12-29 14:36 -0800
              Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-30 05:03 -0600
            Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-12-29 14:39 -0800
              Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-31 03:19 -0600
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2016-01-01 01:14 +0000
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2016-01-01 15:19 +0000
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2016-01-02 04:04 +0000
  Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-12-29 10:46 +0200
    Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-29 10:37 +0100
      Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-29 13:50 -0600
        Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-12-29 22:13 +0000
          Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-30 00:36 +0000
          Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-01-11 06:55 -0600
            Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-11 13:02 +0000
            Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2016-01-16 19:13 -0800
    Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-29 13:46 -0600
  Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Alastair Black <abqab.nemo@example.net> - 2015-12-29 09:38 -0700
    Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-29 14:44 -0600
  Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-29 15:28 -0600
    Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-30 05:05 -0600
      Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-12-31 08:57 -0600
        Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-31 16:32 -0600
          Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-12-31 20:01 -0600
            Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-12-31 20:13 -0600
            Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-12-31 23:08 -0600
            Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-01 09:26 +0000
              Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-01-01 11:29 +0100
  Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-29 19:29 -0500
    Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-12-30 10:03 +0100
  Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... "Ralf S. Hellersen" <schneiderxr@arcor.de> - 2016-01-01 17:31 +0000
    Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-01 12:58 -0600
      Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-01-01 11:37 -0800
      Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... "Ralf S. Hellersen" <schneiderxr@arcor.de> - 2016-01-02 18:51 +0000
        Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-02 18:38 -0600
          Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2016-01-03 02:17 +0000
            Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-02 23:22 -0600
              Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-02 23:41 -0600
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-03 12:17 -0600
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Alastair Black <abqab.nemo@example.net> - 2016-01-03 12:02 -0700
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-03 13:07 -0600
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-03 19:01 -0600
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-04 00:20 -0600
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-04 04:24 -0600
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... "jeff g." <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2016-01-04 09:16 -0800
                Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Mark Carroll <mtbc@ixod.org> - 2016-01-04 17:30 +0000
  Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-01 14:47 -0600
    Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2016-01-02 20:29 -0600
      Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-01-04 04:57 -0600
        Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2016-01-04 21:26 -0600
  Re: Writing to old school 3.5" floppy disk(ette)s... Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn@panix.com> - 2016-02-05 03:19 +0000

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