Re: Can I edit files on a linux boot floppy disk without installing Linux?

"Richard Z. Ward" wrote:

> I would like to edit the boot floppy but can't find a way of doing
> that. This is the only Linux machine I have. The rest of my machines
> are running Windows and the boot floppy disk is not in a
> Windows-recognizeable format.

So it's formatted as ext2 (or ext3) filesystem. There is an filesystem
driver for Windows out there, but I wouldn't use it - writes can destroy
the filesystem.

> I have tried the Linux CD rescue option, but it doesn't see the
> floppy drive device at all.
> 
> I have also tried Tom's rtbt root disk but it won't mount the floppy
> drive.

Can you mount it by hand?
mkdir /mnt/floppy
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

> Is there any way that I can edit the files on the boot floppy disk?

As said above, from Windows there is no safe way. You need to do it from
Linux.

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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