# Reading SCO floppy on Linux

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/reading-sco-floppy-on-linux/139165>\
**Category:** UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers\
**Created:** [August 2, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/reading-sco-floppy-on-linux/139165 "2001-08-02T09:01:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Gessford\_Jr](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/leo_gessford_jr/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Leo\_Gessford\_Jr](https://community.unix.com/u/Leo_Gessford_Jr)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/reading-sco-floppy-on-linux/139165/1 "2001-08-02T09:01:51Z")

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Is there any way I can read a floppy written on SCO Unix 3 on a Redhat Linux 6.0 machine?? If so, how?

Thanks in advance,  
Leo  
😕

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**Author:** ![Neo](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/neo/32/22838_2.png) [@Neo](https://community.unix.com/u/Neo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/reading-sco-floppy-on-linux/139165/2 "2001-08-02T23:52:33Z")

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write and read the floppy using tar normally works.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Gessford\_Jr](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/leo_gessford_jr/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Leo\_Gessford\_Jr](https://community.unix.com/u/Leo_Gessford_Jr)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/reading-sco-floppy-on-linux/139165/3 "2001-08-03T00:18:33Z")

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Unfortunately, it was written with some proprietary SCO Unix based software that formatted the floppy 1st, then added data to it... I cant mount it no matter what I try.

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**Author:** ![Neo](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/neo/32/22838_2.png) [@Neo](https://community.unix.com/u/Neo)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:27am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/reading-sco-floppy-on-linux/139165/4 "2001-08-03T00:27:34Z")

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Linux kernel supports many filesystems types and the chances are good that the filesystem on the floppy is supported. If you can find out what the filesystem is, you can remake the kernel to recognize the filesystem.

What filesystems does SCO support?

Here is a list from linux mount command:

> [@](#):
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> -t vfstype  
> The argument following the -t is used to indicate  
> the file system type. The file system types which  
> are currently supported are listed in  
> linux/fs/filesystems.c: adfs, affs, autofs, coda,  
> coherent, devpts, efs, ext, ext2, hfs, hpfs,  
> iso9660, minix, msdos, ncpfs, nfs, ntfs, proc,  
> qnx4, romfs, smbfs, sysv, udf, ufs, umsdos, vfat,  
> xenix, xiafs. Note that coherent, sysv and xenix  
> are equivalent and that xenix and coherent will be  
> removed at some point in the future -- use sysv  
> instead. Since kernel version 2.1.21 the types ext  
> and xiafs do not exist anymore.

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**Author:** ![LivinFree](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/livinfree/32/20_2.png) [@LivinFree](https://community.unix.com/u/LivinFree)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/reading-sco-floppy-on-linux/139165/5 "2001-08-07T03:28:48Z")

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try:

mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

You may need to adjust, of course, for the correct floppy device and mount directory. A lot of the time, auto will mount it just fine. If that doesn't work, try:

mount -t sysv /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

Now, if THAT doesn't work, it's possible you do not have native support for that filesystem... It'll take a little work, but it can be done...