Can't mount a floppy disk
Antonio Olivares
olivares14031 at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 27 16:11:57 UTC 2006
--- Keith Powell <keith at keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk>
wrote:
> I have installed FC5 with the KDE desktop. It's a
> very good
> distribution and I am very pleased with it.
>
> However, I need to be able to occasionally use
> floppy disks and I
> can't get them to mount. Inserting a floppy,
> clicking on the desktop
> "System" icon, going to Storage Media and clicking
> on the floppy disk
> icon, brings up an error message that it can't be
> mounted. Neither
> does it automatically mount when a floppy disk is
> loaded (in case it
> should!).
>
> I have tried going to the icon's properties and
> experimenting with
> various mount points, but it's still the same. i
> have tried selecting
> "automatically mount" but nothing.
>
> Then I created a desktop link to the floppy device.
> It still didn't
> mount. Again, I tried pointing the link to various
> device mount
> points (guessing where to point it!), but nothing.
>
> I can format a floppy, it's just that I can't mount
> it.
>
> I'm lost and would appreciate it if someone would
> kindly point me in
> the right direction.
>
> If this has been asked before and answered, sorry
> for asking it again,
> but I can't find it in the mailing list or forum
> archives.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Keith
>
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Hopefully, gnome-libs or other dependencies are
present in your system.
Fireup a terminal and do
$ gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0
This should mount your floppy and create the mount
point /media/floppy.
To unmount
$ gnome-mount -u /dev/fd0
If this fails, then become superuser, su -
and put in your password
# mkdir -p /media/floppy *could be /mnt/floppy
* depends on your preferences
# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/flopppy
and this also mounts it.
To unmount
# umount /media/floppy
Regards,
Antonio
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