Re: A simple fstab question

From: Dennis J. Tuchler (dennis_at_linux.site)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:14:24 GMT

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:02:56 -0600, mjt wrote:

> Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
>
>> I would like my outboard floppy drive (Dell Inspiron 8600) to have an
>> entry on fstab so that I can mount it as an ordinary user and not root.
>> When I installed 9.2, I had the floppy driver connected to a usb port but
>> the install program didn't add the floppy drive to the fstab list.
>
>
> something similar to this should work:
> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy users,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0

The mount /dev/fd0 etc produces an error message about there being no such
device. I need a command that will mount a floppy through a usb device.

dj tuchler

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