How can I create a boot floppy? I tried what the Mandrake 10. user
guide said but it did not work. Can anyone give me some advise? Thank
you..Roy
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On Wednesday 18 August 2004 20:07, Roy Babin wrote:
How can I create a boot floppy? I tried what the Mandrake 10. user
guide said but it did not work. Can anyone give me some advise?
Thank you..Roy
Hi Roy;
The vmlinuz file, which is one file needed for a boot floopy, is
1,441,446 on my
Hoyt Bailey wrote:
On Wednesday 18 August 2004 20:07, Roy Babin wrote:
How can I create a boot floppy? I tried what the Mandrake 10. user
guide said but it did not work. Can anyone give me some advise?
Thank you..Roy
Hi Roy;
The vmlinuz file, which is one file needed for a boot floopy,
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:00:34 -0600
evolt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This program will make a boot disk that can let old machines boot any
bootable cd (worked for me on old pentium):
http://ebcd.pcministry.com/download/oldbios.exe
Doesn't help much if the 10.0 kernel is too big to fit on a
David E. Fox wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:00:34 -0600
evolt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This program will make a boot disk that can let old machines boot any
bootable cd (worked for me on old pentium):
http://ebcd.pcministry.com/download/oldbios.exe
Doesn't help much if the 10.0 kernel is too big
Hi all,
I want to install Mandrake on a pc, But it will not boot from the CD, is
there a way to make a bootable Floppy to load the CD?
Peter
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On Friday 11 June 2004 06:32 pm, Peter wrote:
Hi all,
I want to install Mandrake on a pc, But it will not boot from the CD, is
there a way to make a bootable Floppy to load the CD?
Peter
Yes, Peter, you can.
Check the CD, on the image folder, I
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On Friday 11 June 2004 06:32 pm, Peter wrote:
Hi all,
I want to install Mandrake on a pc, But it will not boot from the CD, is
there a way to make a bootable Floppy to load the CD?
Peter
Yes, Peter, you can.
Check the CD, on the
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On Friday 11 June 2004 06:32 pm, Peter wrote:
Hi all,
I want to install Mandrake on a pc, But it will not boot from the CD, is
there a way to make a bootable Floppy to load the CD?
Peter
Yes, Peter, you can.
Check
These mailing lists are great...everyone is so helpful. Best mailing list I've
ever seen. Maybe y'all can help me too.
I have a 3.5 floppy icon on the desktop which has a tiny green arrow at the
bottom right corner... this means that the floppy is mounted. But this shows
up as soon as I boot
On Thursday 15 April 2004 00:45, Ian MacGregor wrote:
These mailing lists are great...everyone is so helpful. Best
mailing list I've ever seen. Maybe y'all can help me too.
Maybe...at least we'll try...
I have a 3.5 floppy icon on the desktop which has a tiny green
arrow at the bottom right
1. My Mandrake 10.0 Community installed without one single problem and it
correctly recognised all my hardware - guess I was one of the lucky ones.
2. Is there any way to disable supermount? If so, how and where?
Thank you, y'all are great! Maybe I need to join a LUG or something.
On Wednesday
On Thursday 15 April 2004 01:28, Ian MacGregor wrote:
snip
2. Is there any way to disable supermount? If so, how and
where?
/snip
You can do it by editing (as root) /etc/fstab. But why ?
Until a few months ago supermount was a pain in the ass and we all
had to disable it, meaning we had to
Yes, but the floppy formatter doesn't work while the floppy drive is mounted.
How do I format floppies? Besides booting with a LiveCD (Knoppix) and using
their format floppy tool.
On Wednesday 14 April 2004 6:26 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
On Thursday 15 April 2004 01:28, Ian MacGregor wrote:
snip
Supermount is OK now. But if you want to be in control, having the
conn, decide for yourself and feel good, disable i
/snip
I did disable it, and my system would not boot at all.
I had to boot from a LiveCD and delete fstab and mtab and replace them with
the old copies I made before I made
On Thursday 15 April 2004 03:42, Ian MacGregor wrote:
snip
Yes, but the floppy formatter doesn't work while the floppy drive
is mounted. How do I format floppies? Besides booting with a
LiveCD (Knoppix) and using their format floppy tool.
/snip
You cannot format anything mounted. Mounted
Thank you, this is most helpful :)
On Wednesday 14 April 2004 6:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
On Thursday 15 April 2004 03:42, Ian MacGregor wrote:
snip
Yes, but the floppy formatter doesn't work while the floppy drive
is mounted. How do I format floppies? Besides booting with a
LiveCD
On Thursday 15 April 2004 03:46, Ian MacGregor wrote:
snip
Supermount is OK now. But if you want to be in control, having
the conn, decide for yourself and feel good, disable i
/snip
I did disable it, and my system would not boot at all.
I had to boot from a LiveCD and delete fstab and
Here's a tip:
Don't recompile your kernel unless you know what you're doing.
Oh well, a complete re-install only takes an hour :)
Live and learn... I guess.
On Wednesday 14 April 2004 7:12 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
On Thursday 15 April 2004 03:46, Ian MacGregor wrote:
snip
Supermount is OK
On Monday 15 December 2003 09:05 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 10:18 am, amine grun wrote:
--- Message d'origine ---
De: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:22:01 +
Sujet: Re: [newbie] cdrom/floppy drives
On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 10:14 pm
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 10:49 pm, John wrote:
Hi
I have been uable to access my cdrom and floppy drives. The
following message comes up: /mnt/cdrom file doesn't seem to exist
anymore. I am running md9.1 and have not had any problems using
both until now. Would appreciate any suggestions on
Anne Wilson wrote:
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 10:49 pm, John wrote:
Hi
I have been uable to access my cdrom and floppy drives. The
following message comes up: /mnt/cdrom file doesn't seem to exist
anymore. I am running md9.1 and have not had any problems using
both until now. Would appreciate any
On Sunday 14 December 2003 05:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 10:49 pm, John wrote:
Hi
I have been uable to access my cdrom and floppy drives. The
following message comes up: /mnt/cdrom file doesn't seem to exist
anymore. I am running md9.1 and have not had any problems
On Sunday 14 December 2003 04:01 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 3:23 pm, John wrote:
On Sunday 14 December 2003 05:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 10:49 pm, John wrote:
Thanks for response. Tried harddrake and noticed the files had
changed.
On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 10:14 pm, John wrote:
On Sunday 14 December 2003 04:01 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 3:23 pm, John wrote:
On Sunday 14 December 2003 05:31 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Saturday 13 Dec 2003 10:49 pm, John wrote:
Thanks for response. Tried harddrake
Hi
I have been uable to access my cdrom and floppy drives. The following
message comes up: /mnt/cdrom file doesn't seem to exist anymore. I am
running md9.1 and have not had any problems using both until now.
Would appreciate any suggestions on what might correct this.
Thanks
john
Want to
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Alle 17:09, sabato 19 luglio 2003, piter ha scritto:
ciao, ML
ho fatto casino con il kernel, praticamente mi sono ritrovato floppy,
l'icona sul desktop non cè più e dando il comando da shell mi dice questo:
$ mount /mnt/floppy
mount: impossibile
ciao, ML
ho fatto casino con il kernel, praticamente mi sono ritrovato floppy, l'icona
sul desktop non cè più e dando il comando da shell mi dice questo:
$ mount /mnt/floppy
mount: impossibile trovare /mnt/floppy in /etc/fstab o /etc/mtab
anche da root è lo stesso.
questo è quanto ho trovato
Hello all
i want to make a small script for formating a floppy disk.
Does anybody knows how the bash command is?
Kostas Dimitriou
http://gasdim.topcities.com (greek)
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On Friday 13 June 2003 11:17, kostas wrote:
Hello all
i want to make a small script for formating a floppy disk.
Does anybody knows how the bash command is?
Kostas Dimitriou
http://gasdim.topcities.com (greek)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] frans]$ apropos floppy
fdformat (8) - Low-level
On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:24 am, iggy wrote:
i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been
unsuccessful, so here goes...
if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only
have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror.
in the control
don't know about the drives
but regarding configuring users -
just deleting /etc/ptmp and /etc/gtmp (as su) seems to have no ill effects and
frees up useradd, configuring groups and users, etc.
Doug
On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 02:24, iggy wrote:
i've searched through the archives looking for
On Thursday 30 January 2003 02:46 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:24 am, iggy wrote:
i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been
unsuccessful, so here goes...
if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only
have one)
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:29 pm, Dennis Myers wrote:
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 08:24 pm, iggy wrote:
i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been
unsuccessful, so here goes...
if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only
that did it. after i deleted the files i was able go into userdrake and add
cdrom2 and floppy to user iggy. afterwards, i was able to browse both.
thank you and Anne W.. (same suggestion) very much.
-iggy
On Thursday 30 January 2003 07:44 am, Douglas B. wrote:
don't know about the drives
On Thursday 30 January 2003 05:22 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:24 am, iggy wrote:
i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been
unsuccessful, so here goes...
if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only
have
On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:24 am, iggy wrote:
i've searched through the archives looking for past threads and have been
unsuccessful, so here goes...
if i log in as iggy or root, either way the floppy drive (fd0, i only
have one) and cdrom2 have a locked icon in konqueror.
in the control
scusate, conosco proprio poco del caro linux...
ho mandrake 9.0
durante la fase di boot cerca di montare il floppy ed il cdrom ... poi
segnala il tentativo come fallito ... non ho problemi una volta che
accedo all'interfaccia ... il floppy lo riconosce ed anche i cdrom ...
perché cerca il mount
Alle 17:37, venerdì 27 dicembre 2002, andrea ha scritto:
scusate, conosco proprio poco del caro linux...
ho mandrake 9.0
durante la fase di boot cerca di montare il floppy ed il cdrom ... poi
segnala il tentativo come fallito ... non ho problemi una volta che
accedo all'interfaccia ... il
It is fine as it installed perfectly on
my Desktop, which has a 4-5 yr old cdrw.
Brian D. Klar - CVE
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WPAFB
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From: Joan Tur [mailto:jtur;wanadoo.es]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 4:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot Floppy for 700Mb ISO's
Hi, I just built a brand new machine, no OS, and would like to install
Mandrake 9.0. It does not seem to recognize the 700Mb ISO cd (or at
least boot from it), so I'd like to find out if a boot floppy would help
to get it to boot from the cd. How do I make one of these in this
scenario?
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On Thursday 10 October 2002 10:51 am, Paul Rodriguez did speak unto the
huddled masses, saying:
Hi, I just built a brand new machine, no OS, and would like to install
Mandrake 9.0. It does not seem to recognize the 700Mb ISO cd (or at
least
did u burn it properly?? it may be that your CD containes one 700mb iso
file instead of its contents...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Rodriguez
Sent: Friday, 11 October 2002 1:51 AM
To: newbie
Subject: [newbie] Boot Floppy
: [newbie] Boot Floppy for 700Mb ISO's
Hi, I just built a brand new machine, no OS, and would like to
install
Mandrake 9.0. It does not seem to recognize the 700Mb ISO cd (or at
least boot from it), so I'd like to find out if a boot floppy
would help
to get it to boot from the cd. How do I make
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Es Dijous 10 Octubre 2002 19:51, en Paul Rodriguez va escriure:
Hi, I just built a brand new machine, no OS, and would like to install
Mandrake 9.0. It does not seem to recognize the 700Mb ISO cd (or at
least boot from it), so I'd like to find
In my case doing so still asks for disc 1
then it still cant find what it needs.
Brian D. Klar - CVE
OTS
-Original Message-
From: Joan Tur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot Floppy for 700Mb ISO's
-Original Message-
From: Joan Tur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot Floppy for 700Mb ISO's
Es Dijous 10 Octubre 2002 19:51, en Paul Rodriguez va escriure:
Hi, I just built a brand new machine, no OS
There are instructions for making a boot floppy in an HTML file on CD1
If you cannot see any files on CD1, then you have not burned it correctly. It
has to be burned as an 'iso image'
derek
On Thursday 10 Oct 2002 6:51 pm, Paul Rodriguez wrote:
Hi, I just built a brand new machine, no OS,
Iam trying to build the 2.4.19 kernel, The compile goes just fine with know
errors but when I run make bzdisk the boot floppy it creates does not work
when the machine boots and tries to read the files on the floppy I get this
error: Invalid Compressed Format (err=1) System Halted I have
I can not make a boot floppy in 9.0 final and I can not formatt one either.
The error message given is below:
Formatting /dev/fd0... mkdosfs: Attempting to create a too large file system
Failed to format /dev/fd0
Anyone else have this problem? It seems to have a start in the OS installation
Hi all, has anyone tried 9.0beta and found that the floppy and zip drive are
locked. Here is my fstab listing and I don't know what to make of the none
at the beginning of the device lines. This was almost a default install and I
found that the Mandrake control panel is not responding to
Qualcuno qualche giorno fa diceva di avere problemi nel copiare i file su
floppy. Bene, si inchida tutto anche a me. Non solo, ma non mi funziona
neppure il cp da shell, e alla fine mi tocca riavviare il sistema. Con la 8.1
questo non mi accadeva (se non ricordo male...)
Avete risolto?
On Friday 21 June 2002 10:28 pm, you wrote:
That's pretty cool. Things have come a long way since I first installed
Linux!
Sir Robin
You said a mouthful there! I started with Mandrake v7.0 (well, TBH a unix
variant running on an old Atari Falcon was my first 'Nix exposure) and had to
On Friday 21 June 2002 11:13 pm, you wrote:
On Friday 21 June 2002 10:28 pm, you wrote:
That's pretty cool. Things have come a long way since I first installed
Linux!
Sir Robin
You said a mouthful there! I started with Mandrake v7.0 (well, TBH a unix
variant running on an old Atari
darklord wrote:
On Thursday 20 June 2002 09:31 am, you wrote:
But probably someone who prefers to do their file management with a
graphic client would also prefer not to have to mount and unmount disks.
Sir Robin
Can't argue with that. ;-)
However, with supermount disabled, you don't -have-
Il problema del blocco di sistema tentando di salvare su floppy è dovuto ad
un errore in una linea di /etc/fstab:
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
basta correggere nel seguente modo:
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy
Hi people
I remember sometime ago when someone did post that if we should avoid locking
up the whole PC while trying to save data to floppy via drag n' drop we
should be changing the default fstype to auto from vfat to /etc/fstab that
comes with setup. I actually did that. No nothing. PC
On Monday 03 June 2002 04:03 pm, you wrote:
Hi people
I remember sometime ago when someone did post that if we should avoid
locking up the whole PC while trying to save data to floppy via drag n'
drop we should be changing the default fstype to auto from vfat to
/etc/fstab that comes with
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:35:15 -0400
darklord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 03 June 2002 04:03 pm, you wrote:
Hi people
I remember sometime ago when someone did post that if we should
avoid locking up the whole PC while trying to save data to floppy
via drag n' drop we should be
Also if you use krusader or nautilus you can do it without problems.
Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain)
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Remitente: H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fecha: Martes, Mayo 28, 2002 11:36 pm
Asunto: Re: [newbie] Bad floppy filecopy under KDE?
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 23:02
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 05:36 pm, you wrote:
I had the same experience but kept quiet as apparrantly , me and floppies
don't mix well:o(
:-)
Anyhow, disabling automount for the floppy-device resolved all that. Had to
do that by manually by editing /etc/fstab/ and rebooting cause even as
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 10:10 pm, you wrote:
Yes there is. IT was on expert list it relates to copying froma
Konqueror window to a floppy. It will hardlock the system tight :)
Hmph. Seems like just another good reason to initiate a:
supermount -i disable
;-)
Thanks, Femme.
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darklord wrote:
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 10:10 pm, you wrote:
Yes there is. IT was on expert list it relates to copying froma
Konqueror window to a floppy. It will hardlock the system tight :)
Hmph. Seems like just another good reason to initiate a:
supermount -i disable
El Mié 29 May 2002 09:25, escribió:
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 10:10 pm, you wrote:
Yes there is. IT was on expert list it relates to copying froma
Konqueror window to a floppy. It will hardlock the system tight :)
Hmph. Seems like just another good reason to initiate a:
supermount -i
On Wednesday 29 May 2002 05:18 pm, you wrote:
Well IIRC it had nothing to do with Supermount in that instance. It was
purely a coincidence that was brought up in the thread. Its a Konq. bug
in itself apparently. Disable supermount, try it anyway. If i'm wrong,
let us know.
And another
Just wondering - seems like I read this somewhere before...is there a bug in
the drag 'n drop filecopy to an open floppy window under KDE with v8.2? The
reason I'm asking is - I did it, from an window on /home/darklord to an open
window on /mnt/floppy and I got a complete and total system
Hey everyone, how do you format a floppy in Linux? :-[
Thanks
Brian
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On Thursday 09 May 2002 8:00 pm, Brian Koppe wrote:
Hey everyone, how do you format a floppy in Linux? :-[
- From the command line, it's not trivial.
If you're not using Gnome or KDE, it's a two-stage process (wipe
everything then make a new
Brian Koppe wrote:
Hey everyone, how do you format a floppy in Linux? :-[
Thanks
Brian
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fdformat /dev/fd0u1440
After that you
On Thursday 09 May 2002 12:00 pm, you wrote:
Hey everyone, how do you format a floppy in Linux? :-[
Thanks
Brian
From KDE, its a two step process:
open a terminal and do 'su' so you can 'umount /mnt/floppy'
Go to Configuration-Hardware-Floppy Formatter
When I'm done, I go back to my
The straight answer is
KmenuConfigurationhardwareFloppy formatter
The other answer is
'Aren't the floppys you buy already DOS formatted?'
Linux can read/write to DOS floppys no problem.
derek
On Thursday 09 May 2002 8:00 pm, you wrote:
Hey everyone, how do you format a floppy in Linux? :-[
ciao tutti
Ho riparato il floppy..ora scrive e legge bene ma quando vado a credare
un disco di boot mi dice
--
Formatting /dev/fd0... mount: /dev/fd0 già montato o /tmp/syslinux.mnt.2109.0
At 23.05 10/04/2002 +0200, you wrote:
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è accaduta una cosa assai strana, quando tento di aprire il floppy e il
cd-rom il sistema mi dice accesso negato...
Cosa può essere accaduto?
ciao a tutti
grazie
Alle 10:29, lunedì 25 marzo 2002, Andrea Celli ha scritto:
tom wrote:
Salve a tutti
Ho un problema non da pocoil floppy non funziona benee non ho un
dik
di boot!
Allora, apri il file /boot/grub/menu.lst
e dove trovi l'analogo degli append di lilo, qualcosa tipo
..
tom wrote:
Salve a tutti
Ho un problema non da pocoil floppy non funziona benee non ho un dik
di boot!
Allora, apri il file /boot/grub/menu.lst
e dove trovi l'analogo degli append di lilo, qualcosa tipo
.. devfs=auto ... ...
aggiungi 'nobiospnp', ossia
.. devfs=auto
19:28, sabato 23 marzo 2002, Lele:
Guarda che scandisk non brucia il file mbr dove c'è grub, comunque un
dischetto di avvio ci vuole. Purtroppo non so consigliarti niente per
crearne uno da win , sono un principiante anch'io.
In tutti i primi CD delle distribuzioni ci sono istruzioni e
tom wrote:
Salve a tutti
Ho un problema non da pocoil floppy non funziona benee non ho un dik
di boot!
quindi vorrei rimediare prima che winzow mi faccia partire uno scandisk e mi
bruci il GUB
In poche parole non riesco ne a scrivere ne ad aprire i floppy in linux,
con win mi
Salve a tutti
Ho un problema non da pocoil floppy non funziona benee non ho un dik
di boot!
quindi vorrei rimediare prima che winzow mi faccia partire uno scandisk e mi
bruci il GUB
In poche parole non riesco ne a scrivere ne ad aprire i floppy in linux,
con win mi fa scrivere con
Alle 15:23, mercoledì 20 marzo 2002, hai scritto:
Mi sono accorto che, una volta che formatto dei floppy con ext2fs,
non riesco
più a montarli correttamente, e ricevo il messaggio di filesystem
errato,
troppi filesystem montati, ecc..
Il fatto strano è che quelli formattati DOS riesco a
Hi.
I just installed Mandrake 8.1 and can't seem to access the floppy drive. I
clicked on the floppy icon in the Desktop and got an error message [can't
mount device].
I'm new to Linux and I guess clicking on the icon isn't enough. What do I
need to do?
Thanks
Want to buy your Pack or
Well firstly I assume there is a disc in it..
Secondly there is a known issue with some motherboards whereby the floppy
drive is not recognised. To check it out when booting at the splash screen
where you choose which operating system to run hit Escape
You will get a text prompt type
linux
Raja Damodaran wrote:
Hi.
I just installed Mandrake 8.1 and can't seem to access the floppy drive. I
clicked on the floppy icon in the Desktop and got an error message [can't
mount device].
I'm new to Linux and I guess clicking on the icon isn't enough. What do I
need to do?
On Saturday 19 January 2002 16:42, you wrote:
Hi.
I just installed Mandrake 8.1 and can't seem to access the floppy drive. I
clicked on the floppy icon in the Desktop and got an error message [can't
mount device].
I'm new to Linux and I guess clicking on the icon isn't enough. What do I
Or, for that matter, you may not be part of the 'floppy' group. On a
medium level secured install, no user can mount a CD or floppy without
being in the floppy / cdrom groups.
Michael
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Web Spinners,
perhaps you can try reinstall linux in linux-safe(?) or other of the
other safe-boot modes and then running kuduz(?), the hardware detection
program. not 100% sure, but might work...
At 07:38 01/12/07 -0800, you wrote:
Hi list,
I had installed LM 8.1 last week and thought all was well.
Hi list,
I had installed LM 8.1 last week and thought all was well. Today I went to
view some files on a floppy disk and Linux reports 'device unknown' .
Now how can this be? I thought the install procedure with LM 8.1 had
progressed so far as to make this just a forgone conclusion. A floppy
Scusate, avevo anche io problemi con il floppy e ho ricevuto consigli da
questa lista. Pensavo di aver risolto tutto, ma stasera mi sono accorto che
il cdrom e il masterizzatore non venivano ne' letti, nè montati.
Ho provato a rimettere il comando devfs=mount (l'originale) che avevo
cambiato
Somehow the icon of my floppy drive on the desktop has become corrupted and
is no longer linked to the drive. It showed up as a generic icon and no
longer lists the mount feature when I right click on it. How do I restore the
proper drive link to the desktop.
Roy
Want to buy your Pack or
Grazie per i suggerimenti! Siamo andati vicino alla soluzione, ma non
completamente. Usando i cambiamenti che mi avete suggerito riuscivo a montare
/mnt/floppy ma quando chiedevo di aprire il dischetto da konsole mi dava
l'errore input/output. allora ho capito definitivamente che mandrake 8-1
Ciao milko, sono un pivello anche io di linux!
Comunque, credo che debba esserci solo una riga append, fra un comando e
l'altro, nella stessa riga, lascia uno spazio; non ripetere la parola
append. Forse così sparisce l'errore mount errato.
Si deve scegliere all'inizio quale configurazione
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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:15 PM
Subject: [newbie] Boot floppy: no initrd.img
Hi,
First and foremost, I would like to apologise for the lengthy mail,
but I am sure those that are willing to help me will find the info.
important. Please note
I have just finished installing Mandrake 8.1. Installation went smoothly but
I still have a problem (minor?) with cdrom and floppy because they don't work
correctly. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance,
Oder.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
if they are not mounting, it is because super mount was causing problems.
you may want to try kwikdisk, which comes with 8.1 and places an icon on the
kde kicker which you can right click and use tto mount your drives.
On Friday 05 October 2001 07:46, Oder Santos spoke unto the masses thusly:
:Re: [newbie] 8.1 ~ Floppy not working
Hehe, thanks for the wise-ass comment... but that's not the problem
:-)
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, mik wrote:
there needs to be a floppy in your drive.
mik
On Monday 01 October 2001 22:48, you wrote
Well, I decided to reinstall, as I could not figure out what the problem
is, but even after a fresh install, my floppy drive does not work :-/
Hasn't anyone has this problem yet?
Whan I try mound the floppy, it just tells me it was unable to mount the
floppy drive, and when I click details, :
there needs to be a floppy in your drive.
mik
On Monday 01 October 2001 22:48, you wrote:
Well, I decided to reinstall, as I could not figure out what the problem
is, but even after a fresh install, my floppy drive does not work :-/
Hasn't anyone has this problem yet?
Whan I try mound the
Hehe, thanks for the wise-ass comment... but that's not the problem :-)
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, mik wrote:
there needs to be a floppy in your drive.
mik
On Monday 01 October 2001 22:48, you wrote:
Well, I decided to reinstall, as I could not figure out what the problem
is, but even after a
When I installed 8.1 I had the same problem and had to create my own
floppy icon on the desktop and it worked fine, then I deleted the
original one.
Nev
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Ralph Slooten wrote:
Well, I decided to reinstall, as I could not figure out what the problem
is, but even after a fresh install, my
Could someone please help me here? I have just installed Linux-Mandrake
8.1, and everything works great, except for my floppy drive :-/ I have used
Redhat, LM 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, and they have never given any problems regarding
the floppy drive.
I read on the mandrake site that 8.1 uses some new
On Sunday 30 September 2001 11:22 am, Ralph Slooten wrote:
Could someone please help me here? I have just installed Linux-Mandrake
8.1, and everything works great, except for my floppy drive :-/ I have used
Redhat, LM 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, and they have never given any problems regarding
the floppy
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