re: /dev problems

["Peter L. Arnoldy" <peter txc com>]

Ed Wolfe wrote:
> 
> Peter L. Arnoldy wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have recently installed RH5.0, and gotten xwindows up and running. The
> > problem
> > I am having is getting linux to see my floppy and my backpack cdrom
> > (both of
> > which I used without problem to install RH5 in the first place.
> 
> I had the same problem just yesterday.
> 
> I used the Disk Management tool to look at both of them and it said they
> were mounted. After lots of flailing around and hair pulling, I did what
> I usually do - that which makes no sense at all. I unmounted them.
> 
> Now they work fine.
> 
> Ed

Thanks for the tip. However, when I tried to "unmount" it said "not
mounted".
So, I guess my problem is different than yours. I noticed that if I go
to a
shell and mdir, it can read my msdos floppy. But, when I try "format"
(or anything
else) from the gui window, it gives the same errors.

-- 

-Peter