[SLE] floppy drive problems with SuSE 9.3

From: Gil Weber (gil_at_gilweber.com)
Date: 11/29/05

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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:40:36 -0500

    Hi, everyone.

    Something has happened to my floppy drive. I had removed it from the box and
    then put it back in after doing some upgrades. Perhaps I have reinstalled it
    wrong, but I can't figure out why things have gotten messed up. Nor can I
    figure how to fix.

    When I insert a floppy disk now and click on <my computer/floppy drive> I get
    two boxes on the screen. One says "Error - Konqueror The process for the
    medial protocol died unexpectedly."

    The other says "Mounting /dev/fd0." Then the progress bar shows 0% progress
    and goes no farther.

    No files are displayed.

    If I then right click on the floppy drive icon I see the following:

    Under the general tab I have:

    Type: Unmounted Floppy
    Location: / (media)

    And under the permissions tab I have:

    Ownership:

    User: (there is nothing here -- it is blank)
    Group: (there is nothing here -- it is blank)

    I cannot make any changes to the permissions. If I try I get the same two
    error boxes mentioned above.

    The only way I can hope to see the files on the floppy is to go to
    </media/floppy>

    I can then try to access the files.

    However, when I click on the floppy drive folder the floppy drive starts
    searching, and the green drive light goes on. But it never stops searching.
    The drive will turn for awhile, the green light will go out momentarily, and
    then it will start up again. This repeats forever.

    So something is totally screwed up with the floppy drive. I don't seem to have
    "ownership" of the drive as user. And even as root I can't change anything
    (or at least I can't figure out how to change anything).

    What can I do to regain proper operational control over this silly floppy
    drive? Can I delete the damned thing and get SuSE 9.3 to re-recognize it?

    Help!! :o)

    Thanks.
    Gil

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