How to mount floppy?

taharka res00vl8 at alltel.net
Fri May 11 18:05:16 UTC 2007


How do,

On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 13:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote:
> Can someone tell me why I can't mount a Windows floppy containing a 
> WordPerfect .wpd file on this FC6 computer?
> 
> mount  /dev/fd0
> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> 
> so I tried mount -t vfat /dev/fd0
> 
> but that doesn't work!
> 
> I put the following in /etc/fstab
> 
> /dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto    defaults,noauto 0 0
> 
> which may not be correct?  I tried to follow what I see in a Centos4.4 
> box that does read the floppy directory, but messed around with the 
> default,noauto.

Try the following in /etc/fstab;
/dev/fd0             /media/floppy        auto       noauto,user,sync
0 0

> I feel like a rat in a maze after spending the whole morning trying to 
> retrieve the file from an old doggy Windows 98 computer that must have 
> crashed twenty times and refuses to recognize a mouse.  Windows without 
> a mouse is a real exercise, for me anyway!
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bob Goodwin

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.




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