Can not mount floppy drive [SOLVED]

vytalelementz · 2008-08-13 03:46:38

I just installed a floppy drive and can not mount the device with the command "mount /mnt/floppy". When I attempt to mount the floppy drive I get the error message:

mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified

This is the line I added to fstab before reboot:

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy  auto  rw,user,noauto 0 0

I have added "floppy" to the MODULES directive in the rc.conf file. I have added my user name to the floppy group. I am running out of ideas and any help is appreciated.

Last edited by vytalelementz (2008-08-26 16:01:21)

Zerathidune · 2008-08-13 09:54:39

I see two things:
1. there is no leading slash in the device path name in your fstab.

2. Though it should be able to autodetct the filesystem, it is complaining that it can't. you could try specifying it manually:

mount -t vfat /mnt/floppy

(assuming it is a VFAT formatted floppy. this could also be ext2, ext3, etc.)

vytalelementz · 2008-08-13 13:07:50

1. there is no leading slash in the device path name in your fstab.

Woops! That was a copy and paste error. The forward slash is there. I just edited it.

2. Though it should be able to autodetct the filesystem, it is complaining that it can't. you could try specifying it manually:
mount -t vfat /mnt/floppy

I too thought it was odd that it didn't automatically detect the file system since 'auto' was the recommended value for the floppy device. However, I will try your suggestion. I will also try specifying vfat in my fstab just for kicks to see if this works. Thanks for the reply.

Last edited by vytalelementz (2008-08-13 13:15:36)

KimTjik · 2008-08-13 14:18:12

I don't use any floppy drive on the computer I now use, but I wonder whether /mnt is the prefered path. I'm sure the auto configured path done by current Arch installations is:

/dev/fd0 /media/fl auto user,noauto 0 0

Try and see whether it makes any difference.

slackhack · 2008-08-13 14:23:04

are you sure the floppy isn't bad? it says it can't determine the filesystem type.

vytalelementz · 2008-08-13 15:14:52

Both the floppy disk and drive are fine. The floppy drive is new and I can copy and delete files on the disk from a windows box just fine.

bt · 2008-08-13 22:33:59

have your tried: modprobe floppy
The driver may not have been loaded.

vytalelementz · 2008-08-14 01:17:41

Yes I have tried modprobe as well. I will continue to research this. My motherboard may not recognize the newly installed floppy drive so I will try to test it.

GO · 2008-08-18 01:07:09

Thanks, bt!

I tried everything to get my Arch system to recognize my floppy drive.

Nothing worked until I found this post and your advice to try "modprobe floppy".

Suddenly Xfce4 automatically recognized the floppy.

Now I can continue to work on the fstab settings.

Thanks.

vytalelementz · 2008-08-26 15:59:51

I double checked my connection from the m/b to the floppy drive and realized it wasn't connected properly. That was my blond moment. Argh! All is well now, thanks for all the input. At least I now know how to configure my floppy drive in arch.

Last edited by vytalelementz (2008-08-26 16:01:01)

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Can not mount floppy drive [SOLVED]

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