Floppy won't mount...

beniro · 2003-01-30 21:37:40

Hello. Me again.

PIII 833, 192 megs RAM, Arch .4...

When I try to mount /mnet/fl, I get:

special device /dev/floppy/0 does not exist

How would I go about resolving this issue? Is there something I'm missing? I made the /mnt/fl dir manually, and dev/floppy/0 is designated in fstab. I don't see much docs on floppy-related stuff on the net...probably since floppies are such a nightmare to work with?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks...

jlvsimoes · 2003-01-30 23:11:16

this will work
mount /dev/fd0u1440 /mnt/floppy/
you can tell if u need to the filesistem
mount -t " filesystem here " /dev/fd0u1440 /mnt/floppy/

beniro · 2003-01-30 23:15:51

Thanks very much!

apeiro · 2003-01-30 23:16:08

Does /dev/floppy/0 exist? Is /dev mounted?

If not, it should be...

# mount -t devfs none /dev

beniro · 2003-01-30 23:22:24

/dev might not be mounted? Hmmm...I'll check when I get home. However, I think it is; I have no problems with any other /dev/* stuff (sound works fine, cd mounts).

Or am I misunderstanding?

Thanks for your help!

...

Put up with me long enough, and I'll be able to dish out help here.

jlvsimoes · 2003-01-30 23:22:52

nice to see the ( man ) here did it worked ?

reaper · 2007-02-17 16:54:14

i have load module ide-floppy (modprobe ide-floppy)

but if i want to mount floppy..

[root@jezek Desktop]# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/fl
mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist

in fstab i have this:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/fl vfat user,noauto 0 0

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#1 2003-01-30 21:37:40

Floppy won't mount...

#2 2003-01-30 23:11:16

Re: Floppy won't mount...

#3 2003-01-30 23:15:51

Re: Floppy won't mount...

#4 2003-01-30 23:16:08

Re: Floppy won't mount...

#5 2003-01-30 23:22:24

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#6 2003-01-30 23:22:52

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#7 2007-02-17 16:54:14

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