[Solved]Mounting, formating and writting flopies?

Primoz · 2009-06-09 10:36:48

OK I have no idea how to mount, format and write a floppy.
I've tried mounting it it doesn't want to...
I've tried directly writing to it with dd command it didn't work.
I've tried to format it with KFloppy it doesn't recognize my floppy drive.
I've heard that Linux doesn't support Floppies any more, is that true?

Last edited by Primoz (2009-06-09 13:58:34)

fumbles · 2009-06-09 12:24:17

Primoz wrote:

OK I have no idea how to mount, format and write a floppy.
I've tried mounting it it doesn't want to...
I've tried directly writing to it with dd command it didn't work.
I've tried to format it with KFloppy it doesn't recognize my floppy drive.
I've heard that Linux doesn't support Floppies any more, is that true?

# modprobe floppy
# mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy

anubis2591 · 2009-06-09 12:32:17

I believe that the floppy module isn't enabled by default. You'll have to do a

# modprobe floppy

before you can use it. You can then mount the floppy with

# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy

and change your mount point to where ever you need it. That should to the trick. If you're having problems it's usually a good practice to do a search before hand.

Edit: sorry for the duplicate post fumbles.

Last edited by anubis2591 (2009-06-09 12:33:15)

Primoz · 2009-06-09 13:58:16

Yeah sorry for not searching... I was a bit in a hurry.
I've found the topic about this so I'll take a look at it now. I''ll also see if wiki has anything about this.
Topic: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=53386
Wiki, nothing on it: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HCL/Floppy_Drives
Will mark it solved.

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#1 2009-06-09 10:36:48

[Solved]Mounting, formating and writting flopies?

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