Re: FC6 and floppy mounting


--- azeem ahmad <azeem81@xxxxxxx> wrote:

amazingly enough i am unable to mount a floppy disk
in FC6

here is the output of commands

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[root@linux01 ~]# mount -v /dev/floppy-fd0
/media/floppy
mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for
/dev/floppy-fd0
I will try all types mentioned in
/etc/filesystems or
/proc/filesystems
Trying hfsplus
mount: block device /dev/floppy-fd0 is
write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for
/dev/floppy-fd0
I will try all types mentioned in
/etc/filesystems or
/proc/filesystems
Trying hfsplus
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

[root@linux01 ~]# mount -v -t vfat /dev/floppy-fd0
/media/floppy
mount: block device /dev/floppy-fd0 is
write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/floppy-fd0: can't read superblock

[root@linux01 ~]# mount -v -t vfat /dev/fd0
/media/floppy
mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected,
mounting read-only
mount: /dev/fd0: can't read superblock

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can anyone out there guide me how to mount a floppy
in FC6

Regards
Azeem


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Azeem,

Maybe the disk is damaged. However it you have
tried opening it on windows and it works then you have
a point.

Have you tried
$ gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0 ?

Is the disk formated to dos(vfat), Mac, ?

Regards,

Antonio



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