- 1). Insert a floppy disk into the drive.
- 2). Type "volcheck" and press the "Enter" key for the computer to recognize the medium. The floppy drive directory is specified as /floppy/floppy0.
- 3). Locate the file that you want to copy from the hard drive and write down the directory, folder and full file name (including extension). For example, the file, "example.txt" located in the User1 folder of the Home directory is identified as "/home/user1/example.txt" for the path.
- 4). Type "cp -i [path] /floppy/floppy0/." where [path] is the location and file name of the desired document (identified in step 3). The command includes an alert to request permission to overwrite a file of the same name in the destination disk (-i) to avoid losing other files. If desired, replace the terminal "." with a new file name to rename the document on the floppy disk.
- 5). Press the "Enter" key to begin the copy process.
- 6). Type "cd /floppy/floppy0" and press the "Enter" key to make the floppy drive the current (default) directory.
- 7). Type "ls" and press the "Enter" key to display a directory of the floppy disk contents and confirm that the transferred file is included among the disk contents.
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